And there were no weeds in the river near the loading place.

Shingle Splitters Point (named after the workers, who were called "shingle splitters") was used as an anchorage and loading place.

Lower Lydbrook's situation by the Wye brought about its importance as being a loading place for coal to be taken by barge to Hereford.

Thomas Kymer, owner of many mining and other operations in the area established several loading places and primitive trackways to load barges on the Gwendraeth Fawr.

Tilbhita Railway Station (code:TBB) is a small halt on the Sahibganj Loop, that serves as a stone crushing unit, and a loading place.

The rail line continued to the area below Barnum Station where holding corrals were built, and this was an important loading place for cattle which were then shipped to Sapinero and from there on east across Marshall Pass.

A plan of these coal workings was produced in 1841 shows the extensive infrastructure of Snodgrass Misk colliery in particular, with numerous tunnels running under the Water of Garnock, leaks recorded and several coal loading places.

With a population at the time of the line's opening of 220, Wotton served a smaller populated area than Brill, but as the loading place for goods from Church Siding and the Kingswood branch it handled the majority of goods traffic.