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Shore Road Goods railway station
Shore Road Goods was a goods terminus in Birkenhead, England. The goods station was situated near to Morpeth Dock, on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway line, and operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee. The CLC was granted permission to run two locomotives on the dock lines from 13 March 1884. The engine shed, which adjoined the goods station, was opened in 1888 and closed in 1961. The main building of the goods station is still in existence, currently being for let and was in use until 2024 as an office for Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's archives service.
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Shore Road Pumping Station
The Shore Road Pumping Station is a pumping station in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
It was designed by engineers James Brunlees and Charles Douglas Fox and built in the 1880s as part of the Mersey Railway.
The building originally housed two steam powered beam engine pumps which removed water from the railway tunnel under the River Mersey. These had ceased working by 1959 when they were replaced by electric pumps.
One of the engines, named the 'Giant Grasshopper', remains in situ and was restored to working condition.
The pumping station is a three-storeyed brick construction in the Italianate architectural style, with a Welsh slate roof. An external staircase, housed within a glass structure, was added to the front of the building in the late 1980s when being converted into a museum.
A similar building, the Mann Island Pumping Station, also still exists across the river in Liverpool.
Shore Road Pumping Station was granted Grade II listed status in 1992 and eventually became part of the Wirral Museum, with a period 1901 Birkenhead street scene reconstructed in the yard.
In 2009, as part of its Strategic Asset Review, owners Wirral Borough Council planned to sell the museum.
Sometime after mid-2012 but before early 2014, the museum closed to the public.
In 2023, Big Heritage announced plans to reopen the Pumping Station for that years Heritage Open Days Scheme in September. They held open days which were very well received. The Pumping Station hasn't been open since however plans are still to reopen it on a more permanent basis.
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Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station
Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station (commonly shortened to Hamilton Square station) serves the town of Birkenhead, in Merseyside, England, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The station is close to Hamilton Square in Birkenhead.
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Woodside, Merseyside
Woodside is an area of Birkenhead in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is situated opposite Liverpool Pier Head across the River Mersey.
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Birkenhead Woodside railway station
Birkenhead Woodside was a railway station located at Woodside, in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. It served both local services within Cheshire and long-distance services to southern England, including London.