 But it was not until 16 July 1874 that the Minehead Railway Company in extending the line also connected the mill to the railway.Both lines were operated by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, which became part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1876.The Minehead Railway was taken over by the Great Western in 1897, but the West Somerset Railway remained an independent company until 1922 when it too was absorbed by the Great Western.