Rail Yard Buildings

Attached is a detail from the 1887 OS map which shows an/the extension to the eastern end of the Goods Shed. Given that the line opened to goods on May 19th 1879 and the OS map was surveyed maybe a year or two before its release, it would seem that there was an extension there well within ten years of the line opening. With regards to levels, the map doesn't show any platform at the NW end (although there is a blank square shown). Given that the map shows the actual station platforms you would think that if there was a platform it would be marked.

Also made some enquiries about the beam arrangement in the Goods Shed and so far have this: "This most likely held the vertical beam of the crane inside the shed. The jib would be attached to the base of this. There should be some sort of indication where the base of this beam was held. Some cranes were free standing but others were of the type described."

The levels in the building are really puzzling but if the comments about the crane's base are right then it could be that the interior platform is a later addition. There certainly wasn't the yard-side ramp there until after c1940s - a photo in LfV shows this but it does show a raised deck inside the shed, given that by then they were dealing with post sacks this might have been better but the building's prior use as a coal(?) shed would perhaps have required the jibs but not a loading deck.