Patricroft Shed coaling tower
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Patricroft Shed coaling tower
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: 14 Jun 1968
This is a standard LMS coaling tower probably installed in the 1930s to replace more primitive means of coaling locomotives. This is the 2-road version as would be needed for a large shed; I suspect the majority were single road. Coal wagons would be hoisted up the right-hand slope and then their contents tipped into the bunker in the body of the tower. Locomotive tenders and bunkers could then be filled from the tower bunker. Here Stanier 8F 48170 is being coaled.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.485963
Longitude
-2.35197