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PRN | 8045 | ||||
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Site or location name | Ashes Works | ||||
Summary | Tower Works | ||||
Description | Three storey brick workshop built for gun lock maker Joseph Brazier. Later used by Humber Cycles and sold to Clyno in 1912. Clyno produced motorcycles sidecar units for the Machine Gun Corps and later Dragonfly aero engines. Although locally listed the building together with the nearby Fort Works will be re-developed for housing as announced August 2015. | ||||
Monument Type | MOTOR CYCLE FACTORY;AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY;MOTOR CYCLE FACTORY | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | BRICK | ||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | |||||
Site Location | North side of Pelham Street. | ||||
Postcode | |||||
Map Reference | NGR: SO90509804 (390500, 298040) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Fair (23-05-2016) | ||||
Threat | Encroaching development | ||||
Signif | High | ||||
Source | |||||
(2016) Fort Works, Pelham Street. Black Country History. http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/WOHER_MBL5149/ | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (12-09-2009) | ||||
Copiled On | 23-05-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 23-05-2016 |
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Image metadata | CSV | 590 Kb |
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Ashes Works/Tower Works (Pelham Street, Penn, Wolverhampton, West Midlands). Front elevation. (File name: 8045_619.jpg) |
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