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Helles #624169 18th Nov 2011 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by Helles
Luggage boats. Note the roadway running down to the ferry. Probably just before tunnel opened. There are buses parked so probably after 1933 when the trams finished.


The photo was part of a series taken in c1947 by Aerofilms, hence the air-raid shelters still visible in the area behind the Seacombe Ferry Hotel.

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When did the luggage boats actually stop running ? The one at the stage would appear to be "in steam" (condenser outlet discharging) ?
I would have thought that by 1947, they would have been scrapped, or at least laid up.

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The luggage boat service ran from Woodside to Liverpool between 1879 to 1941, The Seacombe luggage service ended in 1947.


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It was proposed to resite the station onto the vacant plot of land behind the Seacombe Ferry Hotel. This didn't happen and is why the station had temporary buildings until it closed; it also only had wooden platforms until BR spent money on a new concrete platform in the early 1950's. Instead of curving southwards the line would have carried on in a straight(ish) line. The layout of the station would have been similar to that of New Brighton with an island platform with lines on either side.

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Is this of interest to anyone?
Hope you haven't had it before.

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/seacombe/index.shtml


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Well spotted. Well presented site that I've not seen before. Thanks.

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Very welcome.


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Yes, the Disused Stations site is very useful. It includes Rock Lane and Tranmere stations, of which no evidence remains. They were replaced by Rock Ferry.


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