A Handyside & Co Ltd
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A Handyside & Co Ltd
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 22 Aug 2009
This small plaque on the viaduct carrying the railway lines into Manchester over Chapelfield Road Image shows it be the work of Andrew Handyside, whose iron foundry output ranged from fountains Image to railway bridges Image He produced lamp posts Image for the new gas street lighting and was one of the first to produce the new standard Post Office letterboxes Image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Handyside
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Image Location
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53.474385
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-2.221282