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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hockley Station: gwrhd720

Hockley's two-road wagon hoist for lifting wagons to the Canal Wharf located on the north side of All Saints Street

Hockley's two-road wagon hoist for lifting wagons to the Canal Wharf located on the north side of All Saints Street. The GWR had an interchange facility built at Hockley to connect with Birmingham's extensive canal system. Due to the canal wharf (see 'gwrhd680') being at a higher level the GWR installed the two-road wagon hoist seen above to facilitate transfer. Initially the hoist was hydraulically powered but it was later converted to be electrically powered as were the powered capstans for moving the wagons through the tunnel beneath All Saints Street. The canal hoist was still extensively used in the 1950s until the canal trade declined rapidly, as did later rail traffic, both due to competition from road transport.

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