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Platin Cement Works, which is
located in Co.Meath on the western outskirts of
Drogheda town on the freight only
Navan branch of the Great Nortern
Railway, was opened in 1977 and became the main source of cement in the
northern part of the country, regularly dispatching bulk and bagged
cement trains as well as taking in gypsum mineral from Kingscourt, which
unfortunately ceased in 2001. The cement works has both extensive
sidings on either side of the line, but these days only the few on the
up side remain in use, this being for bulk cement. Platin largely
replaced the original cement source in the area, that been from
Boyne Road Works on the north side of
Drogheda town. |
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