GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hockley Station: gwrhd686a

Close up of image 'gwrhd686' showing some of the advanced groundwork being carried out to the left of the Outwards and Tranship shed. The width combined with the apparent depth would indicate that this excavation is associated with providing drainage for the new 'Top' shed. To the left of the excavation appears to be a facing wall for the new shed's outer platform (which can be seen in image 'gwrhd677a'). On the extreme left, only a portion of the building can be seen, is the pumphouse which housed the artesian well that supplied not just Hockley but many of the GWR's facilities between Soho to the north and Tyseley in the south.

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