Old sluice, Hounslow Powder Mills site
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Old sluice, Hounslow Powder Mills site
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 14 Sep 2012
Much of the device is missing. Details of the manufacturer are cast on what remains: 'Fredk. Bird & Co Engineers 11 Gt. Castle St. Regent St. London'. This address, and another seen mentioned for this company close by in Marlborough Mews, are very close to Oxford Circus. No maps suggest that if there was any works here that it was any bigger than a shop, so the addresses are probably for their sales offices. A further address seen mentioned for this company was at West Drayton. This seems more likely to be their works.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.443227
Longitude
-0.37748