The factory was renamed the National Filling Factory, Georgetown to mark the visit on Christmas Eve 1915 of David Lloyd George, the first Minister of Munitions; he became prime minister a year later.

[2] The factory had a township of wooden houses adjacent to both it and the public railway station.

[2] The township of Georgetown survived the closure of the National Filling Factory, although the sub-post office was closed and much of the population removed in November 1939.

[2] Georgetown station was closed permanently by the British Transport Commission on 2 February 1959.

A number of earthworks are also visible from the train, representing the embankments of the World War I interchange sidings.