Wapping Road

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<googlemap lat="51.440687" lon="-2.596035"> 51.447729, -2.596775, Wapping Road </googlemap>

To Temple Meads: Bathurst Basin
To the Docks: Princes Wharf
The Western Fuel Co.: Western Fuel Company Coal Concentration Depot

1970s

  • The rails embedded in Wapping Road with Bathurst Wharf visible behind. This is the same view as in the 2009 photo below.
    The rails embedded in Wapping Road with Bathurst Wharf visible behind. This is the same view as in the 2009 photo below.

2006

4.2.06

  • The rails were still embedded in Wapping Road many years after this part of the railway system closed to traffic. This was the view into Bristol city centre, with Princes Street swing bridge spanning the gap in the water. These rails served waterfront warehousing on Bathurst Basin.
    The rails were still embedded in Wapping Road many years after this part of the railway system closed to traffic. This was the view into Bristol city centre, with Princes Street swing bridge spanning the gap in the water. These rails served waterfront warehousing on Bathurst Basin.
  • Further along Wapping Road there was more buried rail visible, this time leading under housing that had been built on the site of former rail-served warehousing.
    Further along Wapping Road there was more buried rail visible, this time leading under housing that had been built on the site of former rail-served warehousing.
  • Doing a 180 gave this view along the back of the Industrial Museum. The sleeper-built fence on the left hides the site of the former coal concentration yard belonging to the Western Fuel Co. This view is to be transformed with the shoe-horning of new housing into the area.
    Doing a 180 gave this view along the back of the Industrial Museum. The sleeper-built fence on the left hides the site of the former coal concentration yard belonging to the Western Fuel Co. This view is to be transformed with the shoe-horning of new housing into the area.
  • The entrance to the site of the Western Fuel Company Coal Concentration Depot. The site was in use as a pay and display car park, while the Western Fuel Co. office block is boarded up and derelict.
    The entrance to the site of the Western Fuel Company Coal Concentration Depot. The site was in use as a pay and display car park, while the Western Fuel Co. office block is boarded up and derelict.

2009

19.4.09

  • A view of the rails embedded into the surface of the road next to Prince Street Swingbridge. This is the same view as in the 1970s photo above.
    A view of the rails embedded into the surface of the road next to Prince Street Swingbridge. This is the same view as in the 1970s photo above.
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