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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Hockley Station: gwrhd3893
Viewed from All Saints Road bridge this official
photograph shows the Hockley Goods Outwards and Transfer Shed in the background
with the stables building on the right. In the foreground on the left, in front
of the Power Station and Pump Turbine Hall, is the brick base of Water Tank No
3 which had a capacity of 30,000 gallons. This substantial structure was
demolished in 1938 to allow for the reconstruction of the Goods Yard (see 'gwrhd686') and the 31 foot long by 21 foot wide water
tank which surmounted this brick base has already been removed in this
photograph. By this time many of the machines in Hockley Goods Yard had been
converted from hydraulic power to operate by electric motors, so the number of
water tanks could be reduced. For more details of the water system at Hockley
see 'gwrhd3891'
Robert Ferris
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