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Kokerei Hansa - complex network of tubing and pipework. This is where chemical by-products (sulphuric acid, benzene, tar and ammonium sulphate) were extracted.
Main entrance - with decorative bands of red, green and black faience applied to the caps and bases of the columns.
Espai d'Escultura Contemporània Can Mario ubicado en una antigua fábrica de corcho de arquitectura industrial de principios del siglo XX.
En la plaza se alza una torre de estructura metálica declarada bien cultural de interés nacional.
Espai d'Escultura Contemporània Can Mario (contemporary sculpture) is in an old cork factory, a sample of early 20th C industrial architecture.
A metal tower declared to be of National cultural value, stands on the square of this factory.
In 1953, for the first time since 1922, Crittall Manufacturing issued a general catalogue and description of their works, processes and products. It is a glorious volume, at 22 pages, and was designed for them by John Lewis and printed at the noted works of W. S. Cowell in Norwich. In many ways it echoes the fine contemporary catalogues of their rivals, Henry Hope's of Smethwick, with whom they would eventually merge in 1965 bringing together their expertise and markets in windows and associated building ironmongery. Crittall's had their origins in the Essex town of Braintree in 1849 and began to manufacture windows in 1884. They jointly purchased the important German Fenestra patent in 1907 and the following year became established in the US market. After WW1 the company began to manufacture "standard" metal windows, to standardised dimensions as as house building increased, along with a more streamlined aesthetic that favoured minimal steel windows in the 1930s, the company expanded. By 1953 they had manufacturing plants in Braintree, Witham, Maldon, Silver End, Paisley and Colwick as well as works in Darlington. They also had overseas plants in Auckland, Dublin, Dunedin, Düsseldorf, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Port Elizabeth, Salisbury, Toronto and Waukesha.
The catalogue is lavishly illustrated with examples of their products installed since WW2 across a variety of buildings including housing, commercial and industrial structures both in the UK and abroad. Despite various claims for steel framed windows, notably that they did not warp like timber frames nor, if works treated and zinc plated they required less painting, the windows did have drawbacks; most notably in the form of issues around heat loss and condensation and very few 'originals' are now to be found. Later generations of steel framed windows, still manufactured by Crittall, are effectively double glazed units and have overcome many of the original failings.
The three schemes seen here are; Bourne Way (Kemsing Court) in Hayes, Kent, by Dalgliesh & Pullen : a group of houses by the same architects on London Road, Bromley in Kent : Houses on the London County Council overspill estate at Oxhey, near Watford, in Hertfordshire, attributed to Cyril H. Walker, Director of Housing & Valuer.
built 1906
Henry Adams Street
used by General Electric / Illinois Pacific Glass Co.
Showplace Square, San Francisco
October 15, 2020
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Petrol storage in the port of Rotterdam. An installation of a petrol plant emerges like a futuristic contraption from an old science fiction movie.
№ 1 14th Street
built 1924
David Woerner (Western) Cooperage, finishing & electric shop. 'Exceptional brickwork'
Harrison Street, 14th Street
San Francisco
October 2020
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The Hidden Garden is located at the rear of the Tramway, which formerly was the former Coplawhill Glasgow Corporation Tramways depot. The original horse tram depot was constructed in 1894, and further workshops were added between 1899 and 1912. The shutters were ercted as fire shutters to prevent the spread of fire into the main depot from the workshops and boilerhouse.
Former India Tyre and Rubber Company building at Inchinnan designed by Wallis, Gilbert and completed in 1930. A long and impressive frontage in Atlas White concrete. It's a restrained relative of the flamboyant Firestone Factory, demolished by Trafalgar House in 1980 on the Great West Road.
Photos taken during the Hammer At Bray III event on 5 August 2007 at Bray Studios, near Windsor, the former home of Hammer Films.
The event took place in the grounds of Bray Studios, and the historic mansion of Down Place which lies at the centre of the complex. Many fans and former employees of Hammer Films attended.
The weather was stunning, but far too warm and bright for me. I was unfamiliar with the borrowed DSLR camera, and saved only as Jpg, not RAW files, which has caused problems editing. The images simply record elements of the day and the complex of Bray Studios themselves. I took remarkably few of the actors and craftsmen.
Photos taken during the Hammer At Bray III event on 5 August 2007 at Bray Studios, near Windsor, the former home of Hammer Films.
The event took place in the grounds of Bray Studios, and the historic mansion of Down Place which lies at the centre of the complex. Many fans and former employees of Hammer Films attended.
The weather was stunning, but far too warm and bright for me. I was unfamiliar with the borrowed DSLR camera, and saved only as Jpg, not RAW files, which has caused problems editing. The images simply record elements of the day and the complex of Bray Studios themselves. I took remarkably few of the actors and craftsmen.
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Eugene Woolen Mill at east end of Sixth Avenue in Eugene. Interior view of weaving room, ca. 1910. Photographer unknown.
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Site Visit on 4 May 2010 to former Sulphide Corporation Limited Cockle Creek Works. Photographer Gionni Di Gravio University Archivist
Pacific Gas and Electric
Martin facility
Geneva Avenue / Schwerin Street, Bayshore Heights, Daly City, California
Named for John Martin, business partner of Eugene de Sabla, founder of PG&E predecessor California Gas & Electric Company and in 1905, founder of PG&E
former Daly City manufactured gas plant on the site
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Site Visit on 4 May 2010 to former Sulphide Corporation Limited Cockle Creek Works. Photographer Gionni Di Gravio University Archivist
This Building contained offices it was connected to the Laboratory Block (VRL/Viscose Reseach Labs VRL later to become the DF& VL/Developement Fibres and Viscose Labs) which does not survive.
View underneath Hastings Pier, through the rusting ironwork and out to sea.
Hastings Pier was built in 1872, designed by Eugenius Birch.
Seen as an innovative Victorian design, the structure reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s, but continued to serve as a music and entertainment venue through the 1960s and up to the 1990s.
The pier was damaged in 1990 following a storm, and closed in 2006 after being deemed unsafe by the local council. In 2010 the pier was destroyed by a fire and has lain dormant ever since, in spit of local attempts to raise the money to rebuild and reopen.
The pier is a sorry sight now, structurally unsound and closed off to public access. The ironwork continues to rust and be claimed by the sea. The structures left on the pier continue to be battered by the elements. The overall impression is of decay and dereliction.
Photos taken during the Hammer At Bray III event on 5 August 2007 at Bray Studios, near Windsor, the former home of Hammer Films.
The event took place in the grounds of Bray Studios, and the historic mansion of Down Place which lies at the centre of the complex. Many fans and former employees of Hammer Films attended.
The weather was stunning, but far too warm and bright for me. I was unfamiliar with the borrowed DSLR camera, and saved only as Jpg, not RAW files, which has caused problems editing. The images simply record elements of the day and the complex of Bray Studios themselves. I took remarkably few of the actors and craftsmen.