Monument record 8378/1/10 - Railway Tipping Dock
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{1} Tipping dock to GWR at SP486379.
{2} Unique transfer arrangements. Three Gyers kilns were erected alongside the railway with a sidings layout controlled from Astrop Siding Box. Gravity working was used and a tippler installed above the kilns at the end of a 240yd long viaduct. Thus the wagons could be emptied directly into the calcining kilns.
By the railway the only recogniseable remnant is the tipping dock of ironstone blocks, where raw ore was tipped into railway wagons; of the more important transfer from kilns there is nothing to be seen.
<1> Tonks E., 1988, The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Oxfordshire Field, p.19-24 (part checked) (Book). SNN43610.
<2> 1898, The Banbury Guardian, (unchecked) (Journal). SNN107089.
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Location
| Grid reference | SP 486 379 (point) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KINGS SUTTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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- None recorded
Record last edited
Aug 8 2014 11:30AM
