GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hockley and Duddeston: gwrhd678

For this view of the northern part of Top shed the photographer has remained in the same position as image 'gwrhd677' but swung the camera nearly 90 degrees. The access to the canal basin is located just under the elevated offices seen in the distance. (A better view of the access to the canal basin is seen in image 'gwrhd679').

The Top shed is now nearly complete some eighteen months after work had started which was not too bad considering there was a war going on. The cartage deck under the canopy was, according to Frank Popplewell, not normally used for regular traffic but utilised for delayed "A waiting instructions" consignments and special high value goods such as tobacco. 12th February 1940

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