| HER Number (PRN): | 35281 |
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| Name: | Former Coal Yard, Gobowen Station |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
A former 19th century coal yard, consisting of a road and rail hopper system to load road vehicles with coal.
| Parish: | Selattyn and Gobowen, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ33SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 30332 33332 |
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Related records
| 08444 | Part of: Shrewsbury & Chester Railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Statement of significance prepared in a Conservation Management Plan for Cambrian Railways in 2005. Of regional significance as a surviving system for distributing coal from a railway goods yard…The feature is also of considerable industrial archaeology interest, consisting of a rail and road hopper system feeding into a conveyor capable of rotating on a semi-circular track to enable coal to be deposited on one of a series of hoppers, to feed road vehicles. Occupies the site of the former Gobowen station goods yard. <1>
Site now redeveloped. <2>
Sources
| [01] | SSA31451 - Deskbased survey report: Donald Insall Associates Ltd/Govannon Consultancy. 2005. Cambrian Railways: Conservation management plan. Donald Insall Associates Rep. R/1/002. |
| [02] | SSA28252 - Geospatial data: Ordnance Survey. 2015. Ordnance Survey Mastermap Digital Base Map for Shropshire. Colour. ECW. |
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 11 2023 10:12AM |
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