EAW013083 ENGLAND (1948). The Avalon Leather Board Factory, Street, 1948

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Title	[EAW013083] The Avalon Leather Board Factory, Street, 1948
Reference	EAW013083
Date	21-January-1948
Link
Place name	STREET
Parish	STREET
District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	348975, 137292
Longitude / Latitude	-2.729313591656, 51.132101681127
National Grid Reference	ST490373

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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. Report as Inappropriate	Ferrers	Monday 11th of March 2024 03:37:54 PM
Settling beds or ponds Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:33:58 PM
Mill leat to Northover Mill Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:32:04 PM
Clyce Hole. Here the Brue runs down from the embankment, over what must effectively be a weir. Some water runs on in a leat to Northover Mill, Glastonbury Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:31:38 PM
River Brue running as an embanked, man-made, watercourse Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:30:07 PM
Press Moor Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:29:16 PM
Also known as the Bowling Green Leatherboard Factory [Source: OS map 1930] Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:28:32 PM
Holy Trinity Church Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:27:35 PM
Group of Nissen huts Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:22:12 PM
New construction Report as Inappropriate	MB	Monday 25th of November 2013 08:21:35 PM

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