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Stewarts
Stewart's or Stewarts can refer to: *Stewart's Fountain Classics, brand of soft drink **Stewart's Restaurants, chain of restaurants where the soft drink was originally sold *Stewart's wilt, bacterial disease affecting maize *Stewart's (department store), defunct Baltimore, Maryland-based chain of department stores *Stewart Dry Goods, defunct Louisville, Kentucky-based chain of department stores *A.T. Stewart and Company, Alexander Turney Stewart's New York City department store *Stewarts Supermarket Limited, former chain of supermarkets in Northern Ireland *Stewart's Shops, chain of convenience stores in Upstate New York *Stewart's theorem in trigonometry *House of Stuart (also spelt "Stewart"), rulers of Scotland from the 14th century and England from the 17th century *Stewart's Lane was a nineteenth century road in London that gave its name to **Stewarts Lane railway stations **Stewarts Lane locomotive depot See also *Stuart's Department Stores of New England {{disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewarts Lane
Stewarts Lane is a large railway-servicing facility in Battersea in London, England, founded by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in 1862, to serve London Victoria railway station. It is sited in the midst of a maze of railway lines between 'Factory Junction' and 'Stewarts Lane Junction', adjacent to the site of the former Longhedge Railway Works (Battersea), Longhedge Railway Works and the Stewarts Lane Chord formerly used by Eurostar trains from the Kent freight lines to Waterloo International station. Prior to 1962 it was one of the largest motive power depots in the UK. Following the Steam locomotive#The end of steam in general use, end of steam traction in the early 1960s it was converted into a traction maintenance depot which is currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. Motive power depot In 1860, the London, Chatham and Dover Railway purchased of land in Battersea, formerly part of the Long Hedge farm, to establish their locomotive works and the mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |