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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Birmingham Central Goods Station: mrcgy129a
Close up of image 'mrcgy129' showing the variety of goods
being off-loaded from railway wagons for onward distribution. Suffolf Street
was located on the right of this photograph whilst Severn Street was located
behind the photographer. This view helps to demonstrate just how essential
cheap manpower was to the railway economy. Goods would be double, triple or
even quadruple-handled from the point of dispatch to receipt by the customer.
However some of the practices adopted would be considered environmental
friendly today such as the practice of using minimal packaging and where
appropriate it would frequently be recycled such as the use of the sacks seen
above.
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