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The article states:
Can this be double checked - reasons:
? Prof.Haddock ( talk) 19:52, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
When the plant was owned by A&W, their nearest facility for manufacturing both chemicals was the Marchon works - ICI didn't take the plant over until the early 80s. The bulk train loads were sent from there via Carnforth, Skipton & Leeds until late 1980/early 1981 (I can clearly remember them passing my house in Skipton and have an old railway working timetable for 1979 that lists paths for them). The Marchon works is at Whitehaven (Kells), but its rail transfer sidings were in the old Preston Street goods yard, adjacent to Corkickle station (which serves the southern suburbs of Whitehaven) and its products were taken down there using the famous 'Corkickle Brake' incline.
Gmac67 ( talk) 00:00, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Please see the photographic gallery of chemical tank workings from Cumbria to the A&W plant near Barton in 1982 - these ran via the Cumbrian Coast line, Carnforth, Skipton, Leeds & Scunthorpe as noted. Gim67gb ( talk) 15:10, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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The article states:
Can this be double checked - reasons:
? Prof.Haddock ( talk) 19:52, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
When the plant was owned by A&W, their nearest facility for manufacturing both chemicals was the Marchon works - ICI didn't take the plant over until the early 80s. The bulk train loads were sent from there via Carnforth, Skipton & Leeds until late 1980/early 1981 (I can clearly remember them passing my house in Skipton and have an old railway working timetable for 1979 that lists paths for them). The Marchon works is at Whitehaven (Kells), but its rail transfer sidings were in the old Preston Street goods yard, adjacent to Corkickle station (which serves the southern suburbs of Whitehaven) and its products were taken down there using the famous 'Corkickle Brake' incline.
Gmac67 ( talk) 00:00, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Please see the photographic gallery of chemical tank workings from Cumbria to the A&W plant near Barton in 1982 - these ran via the Cumbrian Coast line, Carnforth, Skipton, Leeds & Scunthorpe as noted. Gim67gb ( talk) 15:10, 5 May 2016 (UTC)