tarboat's photos with the keyword: loading

I suppose this could be called a waybill, although it does not list the consignor(s) or consignee(s) of the goods. It was used to give details of the cargo for use in charging toll by the Canal Company. On November 3rd 1832 Pickford & Co's Boat was loaded at Preston Brook with sundries and cotton twist for delivery at Stoke, Horninglow, Derwent Mouth, and Derby, on a journey that would have been on the Trent & Mersey Canal to Swarkestone and then along the Derby Canal. The Railway Age was yet to arrive and the canals were the main bulk carriers of goods.

A coal train from Holditch Colliery pauses at the long closed Silverdale Station to collect the single line token. The loading bunker in the background was for coal from Silverdale Colliery just off to the right of frame. This section of the Newcastle to Market Drayton line was retained for a number of years as far as the Madeley chord to allow coal from Holditch and Silverdale to reach the West Coast main line.