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The 1902 Ordnance Survey map of Foley Park (right) shows the gravel pit with its own loop and siding. The pit was situated at the end of Lisle Avenue (then named Lisle Terrace) close to the [[Underbridge off Lisle Avenue|underbridge]] which can be seen on right of the map. The area south of the line was still undeveloped at that time.
A. Kellett & Sons of Foley Park Gravel Works went into liquidation and the plant and machinery was sold at auction in June 1904.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000614/19040610/102/0004 Durham County Advertiser Friday 10 June 1904 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref> By the next revision of the map in 1926, the gravel siding north of the line had been removed and the area formerly occupied by the gravel pit had become part of the Empire Carpet Works buildings. Construction of the British Sugar Corporation's factory and its [[Foley Park sidings]] south of the line had also been completed, with the ground frame at the east end of those sidings being in the same location as that formerly serving the gravel sidings. The new layout can be seen at the top of this 1938 map.
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