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COYPOOL DEPOT (REME)

It was announced in March 1939 that the War Department had purchased the 30-acre Coypool Marsh at Marsh Mills, Plympton St Mary, for use as an ordnance depot.

The Depot was built for the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME) and was opened in May 1941.  Railway access to the depot from the Great Western Railway's Launceston branch was opened on either November 3rd 1939 or February 12th 1941 (sources differ), the latter being the most likely given the date that the Depot opened.

Closure of the Depot was announced in 1961 but closure date not known.  Buildings are still in use as an industrial estate.

 

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