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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Leamington Spa Station: gwrls850c
Close up of image 'gwrls850' showing the Birmingham end of the
down platform including the water column and goods shed. The parachute water
column has a metal ladder fixed permanently from the platform to the top to
enable staff to inspect the tank, a situation the Health & Safety culture
would not so readily permit today. The bracket fixed to the column supported
the water crane which could be swung out to the locomotive. The goods shed is
an original 1853 structure albeit modified since first built and had just a few
years left before it would be demolished to make way for the bay and other
lines.
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