LMS Route: The Shakespeare Route

Ettington Limestone Company: smjel99

View of the Ettington Limestone Company's brick built crushing plant and part of the narrow gauge tramway provided to move the limestone. On the extreme left the outline of Goldicote cutting can be seen as it proceeds towards Clifton Sidings. Both of the buildings would appear to be relatively new as both are very clean with no signs of weathering. Three side-tipping wagons are on the left and a flat bed wagon is in the centre of the photograph on a track which can be seen to run alongside the cutting adjacent to the rear building. The lightweight and flimsy construction of the narrow gauge line again confirms that the trucks could only be moved safely either by man handling them or by their being hauled by a horse.

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