LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Hampton Station: lnwrhiaj2986

A 1931 view of Hampton Station looking West with the station's landing dock seen on the right. Landing docks were originally designed to be used to either to tranship livestock or horse-drawn road vehicles on to flat wagons. Live stock were loaded into cattle wagons from the side whereas road vehicles were loaded end-on, that is over the buffers. The landing dock seen above has been designed for loading road vehicles although in this photograph the load appears to be a heavy piece of machinery. In the 19th century very wealthy landowners and businessmen would often load their personal horse-drawn carriages when travelling to their London or other homes.

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