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Original Text (Annotation: EAW008499 / 1068533)
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Remains of the old raised platform on which ran the tramway carrying coal tubs down from Victoria Pit before being unloaded into railway wagons alongside. The big white gate is where the tubs entered the platform after crossing over Dewsnap Lane. The tramway originally carried on down Wood Street and under Victoria Road to the canal basin where the coal was loaded onto barges but after the railway was built in 1845 the tramway was diverted onto the platform to be loaded into railway wagons.
The sidings have now been built over with houses but the wall of the platform is still visable in the gardens.
Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals '