GWR Route: The North Warwickshire Line

GWR Route: Stratford Upon Avon to Hatton

Stratford upon Avon Shed: gwrsa614

The shed was built in 1908 as part of the GWR's strategy to upgrade the facilities along the line of its new West of England route. The two-road shed was located to the north of the station and had basic coaling facilities.

The coal wagons were propelled up an incline of sufficient height to allow them to be unloaded by hand into small tubs which in turn would be pushed out on to a cantilevered ramp for the coal to drop into the tender or bunker of the locomotive. Above the wagon was a roof to provide the labourers with some respite from inclement weather whilst above the coaling house was the water tank required to provide adequate supplies of water for the shed and station.

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