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Wallsend Railway Goods Shed is a heritage listed bulding that was built in 1877 by the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company, replacing an ealier built (1868) timber structure. It was part of the Newcastle Wallsend Coalmining Railway Line, which serviced Wallsend Pits A, B & C, all to the south of this location. Just to the north is a preserved set of railway gates where the line crossed Nelson Street, and to the north of that was Wallsend Railway Station.
These days the Goods Shed serves as the office of the Totally & Permanently Incapacitated Veterans' Association of New South Wales.
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