Key Words :- offices

Address :- 73-79 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 3BQ
Grid Ref :- TL 4499 5937
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.213475 , Long 0.120749
Local Authority :- Cambridge City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to industrial / commercial use

Description and History of Site:-
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company occupied these premises 1895-1974.

The company was founded in 1881 by engineer Horace Darwin and physiologist and businessman Albert Dew-Smith. By the mid-twentieth century it had grown to employ several thousand people in Cambridge, London, and New York.
Now Henry Giles House Cambridge Jobcentre.

Further Reading and References:-
Balchin, Nigel and Filby, Peter. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough'. AIA, 2001

https://capturingcambridge.org/chesterton-2/chesterton-road/73-79-chesterton-road/

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