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To Avonmouth: Chittening Trading Estate
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Gallery
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Buried in the undergrowth at the Severn Beach end of the Chittening Trading Estate is the track work that once carried freight from the former PhilBlack Works.
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This was the site of the level crossing that lead into the works. Chittening Road, Avonmouth.
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The works are now owned by the Columbian Chemical Company and the offices behind this sign are built on the alignment of the old railway system.
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A 1980s sun is low in the sky and glistens on a long abandoned section of siding that led to the British Gas Hallen Works. The PhilBlack works visible in the background.
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Another section of disused track that lead to the rail system at the power station at Hallen, Avonmouth. This route is now a foot/cyclepath but pictures of the railway system employed by the gas works can be seen on the Gas Works page.