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| − | The 1947 GWR Working Timetable for the Severn Valley Line mentions Doughty and Prestage's Wharf as one of three wharves at | + | In November 1905 the GWR approved the extension of the sidings and provision of a wharf for Prestage & Co at [[Jackfield sidings]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 108.</ref> The 1947 GWR Working Timetable for the Severn Valley Line mentions Doughty and Prestage's Wharf as one of three wharves at the sidings prohibited to engines in the [[GWR Power and Weight Classification | Blue group]] and all outside cylinder engines. |
John Doughty & Sons mined red clay, and Prestage & Co or Prestage and Broseley Tileries Co. mined red clay, tile clay and fireclay in the area.<ref>[https://www.broseley.org.uk/mines/Mines_List.htm Broseley Local History Society web site]</ref> | John Doughty & Sons mined red clay, and Prestage & Co or Prestage and Broseley Tileries Co. mined red clay, tile clay and fireclay in the area.<ref>[https://www.broseley.org.uk/mines/Mines_List.htm Broseley Local History Society web site]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 27 December 2022
In November 1905 the GWRGreat Western Railway approved the extension of the sidings and provision of a wharf for Prestage & Co at Jackfield sidings.[1] The 1947 GWRGreat Western Railway Working Timetable for the Severn Valley Line mentions Doughty and Prestage's Wharf as one of three wharves at the sidings prohibited to engines in the Blue group and all outside cylinder engines.
John Doughty & Sons mined red clay, and Prestage & Co or Prestage and Broseley Tileries Co. mined red clay, tile clay and fireclay in the area.[2]
