EPW060120 ENGLAND (1938). Temple Meads Railway Station and Goods Station, Bristol, 1938

Junction of Avon St and Silverthorne Lane

Gas Lane

Avon St

Oxford St

John Hare & Co. (Colour) Ltd operated in the city as paint manufacturers at least as late as 1973, based in Avon Street

The tip

The tip

Aberdeen Street

Bristol & Exeter House, Bristol Temple Meads Station, 20/02/2014

Temple Meads Goods Depot, with raised offices, the largest covered goods shed in the world 1926-29 by John Lysaught and co. demolished 1982-3, built on by bristol and west development et al c1999. It could accomodate 403 wagons and vans with 15 platforms, with tip balance bridges, conveyor belts and lister auto trucks and underground cellarage. In the 1930s a full length goods train left temple meads every half hour each day between 630pm and 130am to all parts of the country.

Lines to Gloucester and to South Wales

GWR branch line to Whitchurch, Pensford, Radstock and Frome

The GWR's St Philips's Marsh locomotive depot. Bath Road depot handled the locomotives for passenger duties; St Philip's Marsh cared for the freight locomotives. Goods trains would use the line here to bypass Bristol Temple Meads

GWR main line to Bath, Chippenham, Swindon and London Paddington

Signalbox

Lock providing link between the river, the Floating Harbour and the Feeder

'The Feeder'

Goods yard served by the LMS railway

Dr Day's Junction - about here

Clearance of old buildings - evidence of demolition work here

Floating Harbour

River Avon

Cooling towers

Locomotive on Bristol Bath Road depot

Signalbox - controlling movements in and out of Bristol Bath Road locomotive depot

GWR 0-6-0 'Pannier' tank engine

GWE 2-6-2T

GWR tank engine - possibly a 'Small Prairie' 2-6-2

GWR 4-6-0, possibly one of Collett's 4-cylinder 'Castle' class

Brunel's original train shed - first broad-gauge terminus of the Great Western Railway

Bristol Gas Company offices, drawn under construction in scaffold on Avon St here by Hugh O'Neill in 1821, from the south bank of the 1809 feeder canal http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/emuweb/php5/media.php?irn=28469 front elevation drawing attached below

"Island" stub remains of 1878 harbour branch brick viaduct closed 1965 demolished sept 2012. victoria st bridge, left, rebuilt c1960, demolished 1993. Temple and Pile St giders, right cut down c1967.

Bristol and North Somerset Railway double track lattice girder bridge 70 yards, cast iron with flood arch either side. 1873-1968, when line closed. headshunt remained to 1980s, bridge demolished 1993 by BDC for spineroad roundabout and approach earthworks

Temple Gate was here 1240-1810. see this drawing by Marcus Henry Holmes 1819 http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/emuweb/php5/media.php?irn=26310 drawn from the front door of the Saracens Head of 1606, looking north across the former 52 feet wide portwall moat to the city gate, 12 feet wide. The postern gates either side were punched through the 7 foot thick city portwall in 1734 when the Norman arch was knocked out and raised and re-fenestrated in the early georgian classical style. The city coat of arms adorned the outer side whilst the arms of george 2nd (1727-1760) adorned the inner side.