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In 1885 when the railway was built it severed the old tramway which carried coal down from Victoria Pit to a Canal Basin and into barges. These siding were then built and the tramway was diverted alongside on a raised platform so that coal could then be tipped into railway wagons.
The stone platform edge can still be seen in the gardens of several houses recently built on the land where the sidings once stood. '