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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Hockley Station: gwrhd2621
The three storey extension being added to the old Inwards
(or Bottom) shed and warehouse during 1930. The work was undertaken in a period
of industrial depression, under the Governments Development (Loan Guarantees
and Grants) Act of 1929, which aimed to stimulate growth and alleviate
unemployment, by paying the interest on approved worthwhile capital works. One
of the Great Western Railway's strategies was to expand their warehousing
facilities at railheads so that they could capture more trade by providing
discounts to companies who used both their rail distribution and warehouse
storage. The extension was a steel framed building with brick panelling, 92
feet long by 117 feet wide. It was equipped with a one ton hoist and a 30cwt
lift (supplied by William Wadsworth & Son Ltd of Bolton) serving all
floors, plus a spiral chute from the upper floors to the platform level. The
exterior of the completed work can be seen in 'gwrhd703'.
Robert Ferris
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