Sneinton: former entrance to Manvers Street goods station
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Sneinton: former entrance to Manvers Street goods station
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 8 Sep 2010
The London & North Western Railway goods station at Manvers Street was built into the hillside and approached from the south-east on an embankment and a four-track bridge over Sneinton Hermitage. The main (covered) entrance for drays and later lorries was through the bridge straight ahead. The open slope to the right http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/318440 led to the cattle pens. The LNWR gained access to Nottingham through the alliance with the Great Northern which led to the building of the GN&LNW Joint Line through the Vale of Belvoir to Melton Mowbray, Market Harborough and Northampton. The LNWR goods warehouse at Manvers Street was badly damaged by the Luftwaffe in Nottingham's biggest air raids in May 1941. The goods yard site is now occupied by houses of Newark Crescent and trees grow where wagons were shunted.
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Image Location
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52.948636
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-1.132584