Derelict trackside building Cardiff.
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Derelict trackside building Cardiff.
Image: © Mick Lobb Taken: 23 Feb 2009
This derelict building is a former steam locomotive water and coaling point. The tank on the roof held water which was fed via nearby 'water cranes' to the tanks and tenders of locos. Coal wagons would have been shunted into the right-hand section and the coal unloaded onto a platform and then discharged into tenders and bunkers of locos, stood on the outside of the building on the side nearest the photographer, through the small openings. My thanks to John Webb for this information.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.476091
Longitude
-3.191312