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Furniture store, Macclesfield, Cheshire: cast-iron arcaded facade
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NOTES: The building on the far right is the former Arighi Bianchi furniture showroom, which was originally founded in 1854. It also formed part of a silk mill. The building on the left has since been demolished.
St Katharine Docks basin, London: the cast-iron column-supported quayside warehouses
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NOTES: Part of the Port of London and built in 1825-1828 by the St Katharine Dock Company, this was the smallest group of London's enclosed docks. Thomas Telford engineered the docks while Philip Hardwick designed the quayside warehouses.
Roundhouse for the London and Birmingham Railway in Camden, London: the train shed seen from Chalk Farm station
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NOTES: The Roundhouse, devised by Robert Stephenson and designed by R. B. Dockray, was built in 1847 to turn steam engines around for the London and Birmingham Railway. As steam engines became too large for the building it then became a warehouse for Gilbey's gin from c. 1860 until 1960 when it was converted into a performing arts venue.
Roundhouse for the London and Birmingham Railway in Chalk Farm, London: the engine shed
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NOTES: The Roundhouse, devised by Robert Stephenson and designed by R. B. Dockray, was built in 1847 to turn steam engines around for the London and Birmingham Railway. As steam engines became too large for the building it then became a warehouse for Gilbey's gin from c.1860 until 1960 when it was converted into a performing arts venue.