Cement Mills Halt railway station explained

Cement Mills Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Inlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight
Country:England
Coordinates:50.7223°N -1.2879°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Pregroup:Cowes and Newport Railway (1879-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Postgroup:Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Years:Poss 1879; def 1905
Events:Opened
Years1:21 February 1966
Events1:Closed

Cement Mills Halt was a railway station between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a public railway station throughout its life, although principally used by workers at the cement works in Stag Lane.[1] It was not included on public time tables[2] but was available to ramblers visible enough on the primitive gas-lit platform to stop the train "on request".[3] The trackway is now part of a national cycle route.[4]

West Medina Cement Works

Cement Mills Halt primarily served the West Medina Cement Works,[5] which was owned and operated by Francis and Company Cement Manufacturers. Near the village of Northwood, was the extensive cement works of Messrs. Francis, Son, & Co., of Nine Elms, London, who employed about 100 people at the West Medina Cement Works in the manufacture of Portland and Medina cements.[6] The Francis Co. had the contract to supply all the Portland cement for the construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=450365&y=91655&z=0&sv=SZ50369165&st=5&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf Location on Street Map
  2. Web site: Catford . Nick . Disused Stations: Cement Mills Halt . www.disused-stations.org.uk . 6 September 2021.
  3. Pomeroy, C, A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993,
  4. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997
  5. http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_vectis.html Cement Plant Website
  6. Book: History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Hampshire. White, William. 1878. Sheffield. William White. 337. 2nd.
  7. Book: Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The New Eddystone Lighthouse, with Discussion. Douglass, William Tregarthen. London. Institution of Civil Engineers. 1884. 75, part 1. 20–60.