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Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot1.jpg| | Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot1.jpg|The last remains of the coal depot at the entrance to [[Filton Abbey Wood]]. | ||
Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot2.jpg| | Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot2.jpg|Industrial units and car parking occupy the site. | ||
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Revision as of 02:14, 14 January 2008
<googlemap lat="51.50714" lon="-2.561789"> 51.505911, -2.562346, Filton Coal Concentration Yard </googlemap>
To Bristol: Filton Abbey Wood
To Wales, the North or London: Filton (original station)
History
Opened in October 1965 by the Chairman of the National Coal Board, Lord Robens. Trading as the Bristol Mechanised Coal Company Ltd it was the first concentration depot in the South West of England, and the most modern of its kind at the time.
Gallery
<gallery> Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot1.jpg|The last remains of the coal depot at the entrance to Filton Abbey Wood. Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot2.jpg|Industrial units and car parking occupy the site.