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On 10 May 1899 the GWR traffic committee agreed to provide a siding to serve Mr Griffith's sand fields at [[Buildwas ]] at an estimated cost to him of £138.<ref name=Marshall111>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 111.</ref>
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The extract from the OS 25 inch map of Shropshire above, surveyed in 1882 and published in 1883 shows the layout of Buildwas station before the siding was provided. The station's exchange sidings lay between the station and Abbeygrange Farm and were accessed via the Much Wenlock / [[Coalbrookdale ]] Branches. One of the sidings continued under the single-track Severn Valley and double-track Coalbrookdale lines (bottom right) to reach a GWR pumping station on the [[River Severn]]. The area between that siding and the rest of the station's exchange sidings is described as 'Sand pits'.
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The final map above is extracted from the 1:10,000 OS Map surveyed in 1954 and shows the layout after [[Ironbridge Power Station power station]] was built. The pumping station siding is no longer in situ. The sand siding is still present and has been extended, but is now accessed via an extended headshunt.
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