Cement Mills Halt railway station

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Cement Mills Halt
Stag Lane cement works.jpg
The Cement Works the Halt served (now demolished)
General information
LocationInlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight
England
Coordinates 50°43′20″N1°17′16″W / 50.7223°N 1.2879°W / 50.7223; -1.2879 Coordinates: 50°43′20″N1°17′16″W / 50.7223°N 1.2879°W / 50.7223; -1.2879
Grid reference SZ503917
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingCowes and Newport Railway (1879-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1862 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
Poss 1879; def 1905Opened
21 February 1966Closed

Cement Mills Halt was a railway station between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a public railway station throughout its life, although principally used by workers at the cement works in Stag Lane. [1] It was not included on public time tables [2] but was available to ramblers visible enough on the primitive gas-lit platform to stop the train "on request". [3] The trackway is now part of a national cycle route. [4]

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West Medina Cement Works

Ordnance Survey map of the station and its immediate surroundings. OS 1896 Cement Mills Halt.png
Ordnance Survey map of the station and its immediate surroundings.

Cement Mills Halt primarily served the West Medina Cement Works, [5] which was owned and operated by Francis and Company Cement Manufacturers. Near the village of Northwood, was the extensive cement works of Messrs. Francis, Son, & Co., of Nine Elms, London, who employed about 100 people at the West Medina Cement Works in the manufacture of Portland and Medina cements. [6] The Francis Co. had the contract to supply all the Portland cement for the construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse. [7]

The site of the old halt in 2018, looking north along the old railway track, which is now a cycle path. The small platform was just beyond the far gate on the west side of the line, near to the blue sign. The old cement mills lay to the east of the line, now the site of the modern Vestas works, part of which is seen to the right of picture. Stag Lane, nr Newport, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
The site of the old halt in 2018, looking north along the old railway track, which is now a cycle path. The small platform was just beyond the far gate on the west side of the line, near to the blue sign. The old cement mills lay to the east of the line, now the site of the modern Vestas works, part of which is seen to the right of picture.

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References

  1. ↑ Location on Street Map Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Catford, Nick. "Disused Stations: Cement Mills Halt". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Pomeroy, C, A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN   0-947971-62-9
  4. ↑ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN   0-86093-537-X
  5. ↑ Cement Plant Website
  6. ↑ White, William (1878). History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire (2nd ed.). Sheffield: William White. p. 337.
  7. ↑ Douglass, William Tregarthen (1884). "The New Eddystone Lighthouse, with Discussion". Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. 75, part 1. London: Institution of Civil Engineers. pp. 20–60.

See also

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Newport   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR  : Newport to Cowes line		  Medina Wharf


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