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Subject: Re: Swanley lineside memorial? Posted on: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:03:22 +0000 (UTC)

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:22:20 -0700,
billetelic_ferroequinologist@... wrote:

>On Jun 25, 10:06 pm, "JR" wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Going through Swanley towards London recently, I saw what looked like a
>> stone obelisk at the top of the cutting, just after the first bridge out of
>> the station.
>>
>> Was I seeing things? If not, does anyone know what it's for? I couldn't
>> find it on Google Maps, or on the MSN maps, but it did seem to be under the
>> trees, so it wouldn't show up.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jason
>
>It's a Coal Dues obelisk. It signified the point beyond which all
>ingoing coal trains had to pay a tax of 1/11 to the City of London.
>The payments were abolished in 1890. Other examples can be seen at
>Potters Bar, Chadwell Heath, between Cheshunt and Broxbourne, between
>Ashtead and Leatherhead and at West Drayton.
>
Also beside the WCML (between Bushey and Watford ?) and elsewhere on
canals, roads and railways. See:-
http://www.brookmans.com/history/projects/index.shtml

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