LMS Route: Nuneaton to Coventry
Coundon Road: lnwrcr41
A view of the coal yard known as Coundon Wharf looking in
the direction of Nuneaton. According to Preston Hendry and Powell Hendry in
their book 'LMS Stations' the track in the centre foreground led to
sidings 8 to 11. The coal wharf had a capacity of approximately 330 wagons in
its 11 sidings.
The largest coal merchant on the site was Moreton with one
'stacking plot' being 940 square feet whilst also renting plots 22, 23, 24 and
25. The two other coal merchants who were joint second largest were the
Cooperative Society and Brentnall & Cleland both with 800 square foot plots
of 'stacking ground'. Access to the main line wasn't as you might expect
controlled from the signal box but a ground frame with a gong.
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