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Wisbech & Upwell tramway - Upwell depot
This area used to be the coal yard at the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot, 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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Nothing remains
.. of the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot, 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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Listers Road, Upwell
A residential street on the edge of the village
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 17 Sep 2018
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Wisbech & Upwell tramway -Upwell Depot/Townley Close
This is the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot, 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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Wisbech & Upwell tramway - Upwell depot
The former depot master's house, on the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot, 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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Approaching Upwell on New Road (1101)
View north along New Road as it passes the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot, now covered by bungalows and a Health Centre and called Townley Close. The property seen at right used to be the depot master's house.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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New Road (A1101), Upwell
Heading north.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 23 Oct 2015
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Wisbech & Upwell tramway - Upwell depot
This is the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot, 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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Houses on Small Lode
These houses back onto the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241222. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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Upwell Health Centre
The Upwell Health Centre is located on the site of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway Upwell depot. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 7 Apr 2009
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