Locomotive Shed At Ngr Sj 3744 0219

The locomotive shed, built around 1877, is constructed from regularly coursed limestone rubble with red brick dressings and wooden lintels over the window openings. It features a double-span gable front roof, with one side still showing the original diagonal wooden boarding. The structure is a single storey and includes two louvred wooden air vents in the roof slope at the front, along with double wooden doors. Inside, there are two narrow gauge tracks with inspection pits below and metal air ducts suspended from the roof. The Snailbeach District Railway, which opened in 1877, was used to transport coal to the mine and to carry lead and barytes away from it.