LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Central Goods Yard: mrcgy927

Looking towards Suffolk Street along the lorry and dray loading platform that ran along side the warehouse. The platform on the left allowed rail borne goods to be off-loaded from wagons or vans and then loaded directly on to road transport for onward shipping to merchants and factories in the city. The goods on the platform have been wrapped in straw as a means of minimising damage and or breakages. On the left a concrete cone shaped bollard has been erected to prevent vehicles from damaging the door way. Its assumed this would be a much greater problem with the steam powered Sentinel lorry than with horse drawn drays.

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