Engineering works executed by Braithwaite & Co. Ltd, West Bromwich, c1935 - Exchange Building, Liverpool
A page from a substantial book illustrating the steel work and other engineering contracts carried out by the West Bromwich based Braithwaites. Founded in 1884 as Braithwaite & Kirk the company prospered mainly due to a healthy export business in the 'colonies' as well as in the home market and indeed in 1913 they opened an Indian branch as well as later acquiring additional works in Newport, Monmouthshire.
This image shows the first phase of what was to become a monumental building in Liverpool, the Exchange Building designed by architects Gunton & Gunton and situated on Chapel St. The now Listed building was not completed until well after the Second World War but the early phases are famous in that they contain the deep level command bunker that housed control of the Western Approaches during the conflict. This section was constructed and completed between 1937 and 1939. The building is classical in approach and shows the constructional technique of a substantial steel girder frame cloaked in stone.
Engineering works executed by Braithwaite & Co. Ltd, West Bromwich, c1935 - Exchange Building, Liverpool
A page from a substantial book illustrating the steel work and other engineering contracts carried out by the West Bromwich based Braithwaites. Founded in 1884 as Braithwaite & Kirk the company prospered mainly due to a healthy export business in the 'colonies' as well as in the home market and indeed in 1913 they opened an Indian branch as well as later acquiring additional works in Newport, Monmouthshire.
This image shows the first phase of what was to become a monumental building in Liverpool, the Exchange Building designed by architects Gunton & Gunton and situated on Chapel St. The now Listed building was not completed until well after the Second World War but the early phases are famous in that they contain the deep level command bunker that housed control of the Western Approaches during the conflict. This section was constructed and completed between 1937 and 1939. The building is classical in approach and shows the constructional technique of a substantial steel girder frame cloaked in stone.