Brock Water Troughs
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Brock Water TroughsOpened on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.
Description
These water troughs were to the north of Brock station. There was a water tank on the west side of the line, later two. The troughs were established at some point in the 1860s to allow locomotives to take water without stopping and survived until at least the late 1950s.
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Water troughs02/04/2018
| Nearby stations Brock Roebuck Garstang and Catterall Garstang Town Barton and Broughton Broughton [Lancashire] [1st] Scorton [Lancashire] [1st] Nateby Scorton [Lancashire] [2nd] Whittingham Hospital Cogie Hill Cockerham Cross Longridge (Lancashire) Grimsargh Lea Road | Brock Aqueduct 46 [LC] Hollowforth Aqueduct 38 [LC] Woodacre Crossing Nateby Hall Bridge [LC] Wyre Viaduct Oxheys Castle Market Lea Road Watertroughs Works Ashton Basin [LC] Green Bank Goods Tourist/other Calder Aqueduct [LC] Constable Lane Signal Box Ashton Signal Box Lock 5 Ribble Link Spen Lane Signal Box |
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