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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Central Goods Yard: mrcgy926
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The remains of the warehouse viewed from the Allport Street
offices with the 1912 offices in the foreground. Smoke appears to be rising
from one of the chimneys indicating that the offices were still in operation on
the morning of 26th October 1940 following the raid. The wagons on the right
have obviously been brought in to assist in clearing the debris and include at
least one wagon used to transport coal for the locomotives. These wagons are
standing on what would have been the sidings located beneath the overhead
travelling crane. The damage to the Central Goods Station commenced with a high
explosive bomb being dropped in the night on 23rd October followed by the
incendiary attack that destroyed the warehouse on the following night. A week
later on 28th October 1940 three high explosive bombs dropped on or near the
stables causing carnage. In the following months more incendiary attacks on
Birmingham resulted in further damage. In July 1941 the goods warehouse was
extensively rebuilt as a single-storey building together with repairs to the
travelling overhead crane.
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