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Coundon Road Station and Coal Wharf

Postby dutchman » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:26 pm

With recently upgraded pictures and text:

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Re: Coundon Road Station and Coal Wharf

Postby dutchman » Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:25 pm

Was viewing a giant aerial photograph of Coundon in Morrison's store yesterday and it shows that by the 1950s the wharf was being used as a railway fuel tanker depot as well as for coal.
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Re: Coundon Road Station and Coal Wharf

Postby NeilsYard » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:18 pm

Glad I'm not the only one who looks at that Dutchman! :applause:
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Re: Coundon Road Station and Coal Wharf

Postby dutchman » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:55 pm

NeilsYard wrote:Glad I'm not the only one who looks at that Dutchman! :applause:


Yes, I never tire of looking at it. So much detail, something new to find every time. :)
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