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The dock was opened in 1852. It was named after the road it runs alongside and which also gave its name to the Wapping Tunnel.
The large brick warehouse built in 1856 along the eastern side of the dock was designed by Jesse Hartley. The building is of a similar architectural style to the warehouses surrounding the nearby Albert Dock. When originally built, it was 232 m (254 yd)long and consisted of five separate sections.Bombed in the May Blitz of 1941, the badly damaged southernmost section was not rebuilt, with only the supporting cast iron columns remaining in situ. The remainder of the building continued in commercial use, even after the dock closed in 1972. The warehouse was restored and converted into residential apartments in 1988 and is Grade II* listed.
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Erchless, a redbrick mansion whose name means “by the stream” in Gaelic, was home to six generations of the Chisholm family before being purchased by the Town of Oakville in 1977. Since 1991, Erchless Estate has been open to the public as part of the Oakville Museum, which also includes the custom house, and the old post office.
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Erchless and the Custom House (1835-1856), 8 Navy Street: Land on the southeast bank of the Sixteen was reserved for the family, and in about 1835 the north wing of what is now “Erchless” was built. It served as store, customs and toll house, and there Robert Kerr Chisholm lived, most probably in its upper storey. The centre wing of the “Erchless” was added in 1839…
The home was extended again prior to R.K. Chisholm’s marriage to Flora Matilda Lewis in 1858; construction on the south wing was started in 1856 and the home was named “Erchless”.
The adjacent Custom House was built by R.K. Chisholm in 1855. It provided a new location for the collection of the customs duties and harbour tolls and also provided an office for a branch of the Bank of Toronto.
The Custom House is now operated as a museum with staff offices on the upper storey. “Erchless” is furnished as a display home of the 1920s.
Architect: Christopher Dodd, 1983. Clubhouse extension in the likeness of a Martello Tower. The Hove Deepsea Angling Club has been at this location since it was formed in 1909. Western Esplanade, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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The Ruins of St John the Evangelist Church (1632) Stanmore, Middlesex. North West London. England. UK.
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The enormous Redbrick tunnel, flowing into the large chamber. There are a few stairs beneath this tunnel!
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Erchless, a redbrick mansion whose name means “by the stream” in Gaelic, was home to six generations of the Chisholm family before being purchased by the Town of Oakville in 1977. Since 1991, Erchless Estate has been open to the public as part of the Oakville Museum, which also includes the custom house, and the old post office.
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Erchless and the Custom House (1835-1856), 8 Navy Street: Land on the southeast bank of the Sixteen was reserved for the family, and in about 1835 the north wing of what is now “Erchless” was built. It served as store, customs and toll house, and there Robert Kerr Chisholm lived, most probably in its upper storey. The centre wing of the “Erchless” was added in 1839…
The home was extended again prior to R.K. Chisholm’s marriage to Flora Matilda Lewis in 1858; construction on the south wing was started in 1856 and the home was named “Erchless”.
The estate of houses, built in the second half of the 19th century for workers at the Żyrardów Linen Factory. It was planned on the basis of terraced housing and regular quarters with residential houses made of unrendered brick. The oldest date back to 1867. The houses still feature characteristic wooden outbuildings with galleries and stairs for residents of these brick buildings.
Żyrardów - small town in Central Poland, located in the Mazovia region. It owes its unique atmosphere to the characteristic architecture of an industrial town. The original spatial layout of the community, which grew around a manufacturing plant in the mid-19th century, has been preserved to the present day. The historic center of Żyrardów (mostly buildings from red bricks) is the only industrial architecture complex from the turn of the 20th c. in Europe that has been preserved to modern times in full. The old settlement covers a 76-ha area in the central part of the town. Diversified architectural forms and styles characterize the city, which has resulted from the multi-cultural character of Żyrardów. The flax trade gave the town its origins. A factory manufacturing flax that was one of the largest and modern factories in Europe was established there in 1829. Karol Dittrich and Karol Hielle, two industrialists from Germany, founded the plant. The town derives its name from the first technical director of the plant, Philip de Girard who, among others, invented a mechanical flax-spinning machine.
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Osiedle domów mieszkalnych, wybudowane w drugiej połowie XIXw. dla pracowników Zakładów Lniarskich w Żyrardowie. Zaplanowane zostało w oparciu o zabudowę szeregową oraz regularne kwartały z domami z nieotynkowanej cegły. Najstarsze pochodzą z 1867r. Przy domach zachowały się charakterystyczne drewniane budynki gospodarcze z galeryjkami i schodami przeznaczone dla mieszkańców ceglanych budynków.
Żyrardów leży w centrum Polski, na Mazowszu. Swój niepowtarzalny klimat zawdzięcza charakterystycznej architekturze miasta zaprojektowanej w połowie XIX stulecia. Zabytkowe centrum Żyrardowa jest jedynym w Europie zachowanym w całości zespołem urbanistyczno-architektonicznym miasta przemysłowego przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Osada fabryczna obejmuje centralną część miasta o powierzchni ok. 76 ha. Charakteryzuje ją różnorodność form architektonicznych i stylów, co wynika ze zróżnicowania narodowościowego mieszkańców Żyrardowa. Początek miastu dała fabryka lniarska, która powstała na terenie dzisiejszego Żyrardowa w 1829 roku. Była to jedna z największych i najnowocześniejszych fabryk ówczesnej Europy. Została założona przez dwóch przemysłowców z Niemiec: Karola Dittricha i Karola Hielle. Żyrardów zawdzięcza swą nazwę pierwszemu dyrektorowi technicznemu fabryki, Philipowi de Girard. Był on m.in. wynalazcą maszyny do mechanicznego przędzenia lnu.