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===Cattle dock===
In December 1869 the GWR Board approved the erection of a cattle pen at a cost of £15.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 99.</ref> The cattle dock now at Highley is situated broadly in the original location, although it is an SVR re-construction. The original cattle dock became unsafe and was dismantled in the autumn of 1979; the fill used by the GWR during its original construction was found to consist mainly of old broken tiles!<ref name = "SVR61" /> The new cattle dock was temporarily removed restored during the repair work following the [[2007_Storm_Damage | 2007 storm damage]]2004. <ref>SVR News 148</ref> The photograph below shows the view in 2005, two years before the storm damage. The new cattle dock and water tower can both be seen; construction of The Engine House had not yet begun. Also notable is the absence of lineside fencing at that time.
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S0633 Highley 1970.jpg | The remains of the original cattle dock in 1970 (David Cooke)
Highley station 2005, looking south - geograph.org.uk - 804842.jpg | Highley station 2005, looking south (Wikimedia Commons)
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The new cattle dock was temporarily removed during the repair work following the [[2007_Storm_Damage | 2007 storm damage]]. A major refurbishment of its wooden structure began in May 2017.
===Crane===
{| class="wikitable
|+ Early Station Masters at Highley prior to 1939
|-
!Name!!Born !! From !! To !! Comments
|William Farmer||14 June 1846 Hartlebury, Worcestershire||June 1870||August 1871||Previously employed by the West Midlands Railway and GWR as a Booking Clerk at Hartlebury. Resigned September 1900. Died 14 March 1937.
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|G Watts|| ? 1848 Blockley, Worcestershire ||August 1871|| January 1873 ||
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|J Wilkinson|| ? ||13 January 1873||December 1875||Resigned December 1875
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|Isaac Batts||14 August 1850 South Leigh, Oxfordshire||9 May 1878||November 1882||Previously Switchman at Hartlebury. Resigned 1 October 1910.
|-
|William Henry Cole||17/2/February 1855 Northfield, Worcestershire||13 November 1882||December 1913||Previously employed as a Porter and Switchman at Kidderminster, and as a Booking Porter and Station Inspector at Highley. Off sick December 1913, retired 1916. Died 4 February 1932. |-|William Thomas Gingell|| 25 March 1861 Rodmarton, Gloucestershire||January 1916||Before April 1926||Previously Station Master at Cleobury Mortimer. Died 22 August 1949.|-|Thomas Lewis ||16 August 1869 Lower Oddington, Glos.||April 1926 || 2 June 1930||Died|-|Albert Higgs || 25 May 1874 Mortimer Berkshire ||July 1930 || 1934 || Retired|-|Sydney James Prothero || 10 January 1878 Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire ||March 1935 || 10 January 1938 || Retired|-|Joseph William Simmonds || 2 January 1892 Paxford, Worcestershire ||March 1938 || || |-|Frederick William Peachey || 29 March 1891 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire || 1940s || || Previously station master at [[Ironbridge and Broseley]] and subsequently at [[Hampton Loade]]|-|George Austin || January 1899 Worcester ||June 1943 || ||
|-
|William Thomas GingellHarold Victor Hook ||25/3/1861 Rodmarton, Gloucestershire28 October 1912 Worcestershire ||19151950s ||>1919 ||Previously Station Master at Cleobury Mortimer. Died 22 August 1949.
|-
|}
==References==
Station masters information supplied by Chris Haynes
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*[[Bibliography | Marshall (1989), pp. 99-100.]]
