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Another view of bicycles being delivered to Warwick Goods yard where they will be loaded in to wagons via Coventry No 2 goods shed

Another view of bicycles being delivered to Warwick Goods yard where they will be loaded in to wagons via Coventry No 2 goods shed. The wagon turntable in the foreground was a space saving device and was operated by using shunting horses. The horses pulled the wagons using chains (see image 'lnwrrm908') and when the wagon was positioned on the turntable the chain would be looped around the stone block seen on the left and the wagon pulled. Being locked on the table meant that the table itself rotated until it was in the desired position. C1890s

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