Report content as inappropriate
Original Text (Annotation: EAW013083 / 2172309)
'
Avalon Leather Co. water tower @ ST 48917 37177 — This factory started about 1836 for sheepskin tanning, powered by water from the nearby watercourse. In 1877 the factory was adapted to produce leather board. The façade of the surviving building was built between 1891 and 1906 by William Reynolds, architect for C & J Clark. An 1884 map shows the southern part of the site, where the water tower was, to be undeveloped, this is built upon on a map of 1902. '