any present day evidence of any train tracks at Crown Point area at all now?

pablo leeds · Post by **pablo leeds** » Fri 04 May, 2012 12:07 am

Phill i think those coal staithes were further down kidacre street where it meets Great Wilson Street near a Klick photo shop. can't see any trace of it today mind

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 04 May, 2012 12:10 am

pablo leeds wrote: Phill i think those coal staithes were further down kidacre street where it meets Great Wilson Street near a Klick photo shop. can't see any trace of it today mind Yes they were, I've been trying to say evidence of the raised trackbed that lead to the staithes is still there I.e you can follow the railways course on Google earth. The structure that survives very much resembles the brick built coal drop structure in height and materials e.t.c.

pablo leeds · Post by **pablo leeds** » Fri 04 May, 2012 12:12 am

ah Phill where does your extensive knowledge come from? ex-railway worker? local historian, or just an interest in how things used to be like me?

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 04 May, 2012 12:14 am

pablo leeds wrote: ah Phill where does your extensive knowledge come from? ex-railway worker? local historian, or just an interest in how things used to be like me? Just look it up if it interests me I guess, I like to work things out.I wasn't always like that, my teacher said I needed wiring up to the mains to show any sign of interest lol EDIT.. p.s Pablo this is going to be the best view of what's left of the old coal drop trackbed herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/danielrobot/23262 ... 048827351/

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Fri 04 May, 2012 11:01 am

The old mineral railway that runs parallel with Kidacre St. was very much evident in the early 1970s when I worked at Meadow Lane. There were buffers at the end of the track. They were very rusty, When they excavated along there adjacent to the existing gas holders the amount of pottery shards and other paraphernalia associated with the old pottery was amazing. The picture of the Church in the shot posted by Phil is the old Christ Church, this was at the junction of Meadow Lane and Great Wilson St.

pablo leeds · Post by **pablo leeds** » Fri 04 May, 2012 1:39 pm

Phill - another good pic.yeah i see it. right next to where Pottery Fields House is now you mean yeah?

Tyke · Post by **Tyke** » Fri 04 May, 2012 4:28 pm

There was a bonded warehouse next to the railway line that was used in a TV series set during the cold war with Anthony Perkins and Richard Attenborough I think, they used it because it looked like part of the Berlin Wall.I've looked at the map earlier but I cant make out the name of the road from Hunslet Rd to Kidacer Street.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 04 May, 2012 4:52 pm

The cutting certainly has some fine stonework in places.

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 04 May, 2012 5:57 pm

The bonded warehouse was the largest of the group of buildings at the point where Junction Street meets Kidacre Street in the large pic that Phill posted the link to at 10.01. The solitary black chimney on the site once occupied by Filtrate Oils points to it.This was the site of Leeds's first "main line" station. Other buildings in the group include two general warehouses (dark roofs) and the hydraulic power station. This comprised a workshop, boiler room - later used as a storeroom and messroom - engine house, electricity switchroom, and accumulator tower.

Tyke · Post by **Tyke** » Fri 04 May, 2012 7:19 pm

Thats a great picture the view of the gas yard on the right really takes me back.