Portland Road Trading Estate
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Portland Road Trading Estate
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 2 Dec 2010
Originally the site of Aldrington Farm it had become an ice works by the 1890s which in turn had disappeared by 1911. By 1932 the area by the railway had become a small works which remained the case until the mid 1970s when the adjacent machine tools factory was closed and the site was purchased by Seeboard. Martello House on the left was built in the mid 1970s and was for many years the local VAT office until its closure in 2009.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.835508
Longitude
-0.200529