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GWR Routes: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Routes: North Warwickshire Line
Moor Street Station: gwrms1705
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Erection of the steel framework and braced roof trusses of
the four hundred foot long top level shed nears completion. With the exception
of the guyed derrick crane on the left, no large construction equipment is
visible. The shed consisted of two parallel bays, with the bay on the left,
nearest the passenger station, being slightly narrower. This bay would support
the beam for the travelling over-head crane (see gwrms1214). Two sidings would run on the inside of
either side of the shed with a raised platform being constructed adjacent to
the one in the narrower bay to facilitate unloading and storage a corner
of this platform can be seen in the left foreground. The construction of the
goods depot at Moor Street was contracted to Mr T Rowbottom of Coventry Road,
Birmingham, who subcontracted the steelwork fabrication and erection to Messrs
EC & J Keay, Ltd of Corporation Street, Birmingham. Messrs Keay fabricated
steelwork at their James Bridge Works at Darlaston, which had rail access.
Robert Ferris
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