Welford Coppice represents a typical ironstone mining field from the 1950’s. Raw ironstone is brought from the fields by a narrow gauge railway and is then tipped into standard gauge wagons for onward transportation to the exchange sidings.
Welford Coppice represents a typical ironstone mining field from the 1950’s. Raw ironstone is brought from the fields by a narrow gauge railway and is then tipped into standard gauge wagons for onward transportation to the exchange sidings.