The 1900 Goods Station
Between 1900 and 1937, the goods station was a busy coal terminal. 1910 was the scene of the spectacular flooding which gave many photographs the opportunity to take curious photos of the site under water.
In 1937, the goods yard was transferred to Vaugirard and the site became an EMU shed. The depot closed in 1971.
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Famous quotes containing the words goods and/or station:
“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“[T]here is no situation so deplorable ... as that of a gentlewoman in real poverty.... Birth, family, and education become misfortunes when we cannot attain some means of supporting ourselves in the station they throw us into. Our friends and former acquaintances look on it as a disgrace to own us.... If we were to attempt getting our living by any trade, people in that station would think we were endeavoring to take their bread out of their mouths.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)