Locations To See Replicas of Saracen Foundry Pieces
The crestings at Kidderminster Town railway station on the Severn Valley Railway are modern replicas. The patterns for the castings were produced by measurement of broken remnants of those similar ones recovered from Ross-on-Wye railway station shortly after it was demolished. At the request of the structural engineer for Kidderminster Town railway station the replicas were produced in aluminium. These are of a similar pattern to those on parts of Slough Railway station and HSBC Bank in Derby. Some Royal Coats of Arms can be see in former HM Customs & Excise Offices. The Pembroke Dock Custom House, now HMRC and UKBA, has two examples, One originates from Fishguard Custom House and the other from Milford Haven Custom House.
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