Welcome to the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) website. The Society was formed in 1964 to study and record the history and physical remains of Gloucestershire industries.
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The Stonehouse & Nailsworth Railway by M. J. Hoy
The line opened in 1867 and it was intended it should link with other undertakings to reach Southampton but it never got beyond Nailsworth. Under the control of the the Midland Railway for much of its life it served various mills along the line. A short branch of 1886 ran from Dudbridge station into Stroud. It was finally closed in 1966.
Nailsworth Station in 1989