Don't forget you will need barracks for your army, Vic.
May I suggest Russell Gardens or Kearsney Abbey?
As for lorries - have you considered a ban on motorised transport? Horses and carts to move the coal to the railway, surely!
It will also provide employment for your armies, shovelling the s... I mean, moving the manure. To say nothing of what it could do for the roses.
A whole new image. River, rose country.
