Holbeck Road: a railway long ago
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Holbeck Road: a railway long ago
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 12 Jul 2011
An uninteresting picture of part of an electricity sub-station and some gravel - but to those interested in Nottingham's railway history there is more to it. From the 19th century until the building of Western Boulevard and the houses either side of it in the 1930s, a railway linking Babbington (Cinderhill) Colliery and the Nottingham Canal at a wharf immediately south of Wollaton Road ran north and south here. Its course is marked by the eastern edge of the allotments to the left and the western boundary of the Girls' High School (formerly John Player & Sons) sports ground (beyond the garden hedge on the right). For other vestiges of the Babbington Colliery line, see Image], Image], Image], Image] and Image
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