Woolwich Arsenal Station - 1959 - Cattle Pens
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Woolwich Arsenal Station - 1959 - Cattle Pens
Image: © John Webb Taken: Unknown
Cattle pens photographed on a damp day in 1959, looking from the East end of the Up platform. It may seem odd that such facilities should be in such an urban place, but at one time cattle were bought in to go to the RACS (Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society) abattoir off Garland Road, part of their Woodlands Farm. That traffic had stopped by the time of this picture. A more recent view Image, taken in the opposite direction, shows the area now forming a car park. Scanned from 2.25 inch square black and white negatives.
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Image Location
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51.489207
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0.071697