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Description: | These tracks were used for several different reasons. Freight trains used the tracks to drop cargo off at the dock ready for it to be shipped out of the country. They also used the tracks to transport newly arrived goods from the docks to businesses around the country. They are still used for this purpose today.
These tracks were also used by the Boat Train when it was in use. The Boat Train was a train especially arranged to transport people from London Waterloo to Southampton docks, so they could board ships. The Boat Train would then pick up newly arrived passengers from the docks and would take them back up to London Waterloo. |
License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 |
Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council |
Subjects: | disaster memorial death canute chambers Titanic memorial Titanic tragedy |
Temporal: | start=2004-08-09; |
Source: | Sense of place SE |
Creator: | Zoe Darani, Hampshire Library and Information Service |
Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... |
Language: | en-GB |
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