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Former wool warehouse
Key Words :- warehouse
Address :- 74 Back Church Lane, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 34256 81017
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.512136 , Long -0.066684
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1065185,
Description and History of Site:-
Two late 19th-century wool warehouses built for Browne & Eagle Ltd. Both five storey with basement. Originally linked by iron gangways at second, third and fourth floor levels and by tunnel under street. Large wall cranes serving loopholes.
Smith: 'This large wool warehouse was built in 1897/8 for wool warehouse keepers Browne & Eagle, who had several wool warehouses in Tower Hamlets. Wool was imported from Australia and other colonies through the Port of London, to be sold on the London Wool Exchange. Buyers would visit the wool warehouses to inspect the lots of wool on the mornings before each sale. This warehouse was the last one still more-or-less in its original state, but has now been converted to other uses. There were fourteen hydraulic wall cranes, complete with jiggers of unknown make. There was also an internal hoist complete with its jigger. This hoist consisted of a pulley slung on a beam above trap doors, not a conventional lift. An earlier warehouse of 1889 (qv), built for the same company, stands opposite and the two were once linked by a bridge across the street. The 1889 warehouse has been converted to offices but retains its external wall crane jibs.'
Further Reading and References:-
Smith, Tim R. 'A gazetteer of hydraulic power in London'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 19 [2021]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf
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Grid Ref :- TQ 34256 81017
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.512136 , Long -0.066684
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1065185,
Two late 19th-century wool warehouses built for Browne & Eagle Ltd. Both five storey with basement. Originally linked by iron gangways at second, third and fourth floor levels and by tunnel under street. Large wall cranes serving loopholes.
Smith: 'This large wool warehouse was built in 1897/8 for wool warehouse keepers Browne & Eagle, who had several wool warehouses in Tower Hamlets. Wool was imported from Australia and other colonies through the Port of London, to be sold on the London Wool Exchange. Buyers would visit the wool warehouses to inspect the lots of wool on the mornings before each sale. This warehouse was the last one still more-or-less in its original state, but has now been converted to other uses. There were fourteen hydraulic wall cranes, complete with jiggers of unknown make. There was also an internal hoist complete with its jigger. This hoist consisted of a pulley slung on a beam above trap doors, not a conventional lift. An earlier warehouse of 1889 (qv), built for the same company, stands opposite and the two were once linked by a bridge across the street. The 1889 warehouse has been converted to offices but retains its external wall crane jibs.'
Smith, Tim R. 'A gazetteer of hydraulic power in London'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 19 [2021]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf
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