Lighthouse Works - Astwood Bank

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Lighthouse Works - Astwood Bank

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 Dec 2014

This is typical of the buildings used by the Redditch metal working industries and is undoubtedly having a new lease of life in what sounds like automotive engineering. According to fellow contributor P L Chadwick - It was first used by Yeomans & Sons, who manufactured springs here. It dates from the mid-19th century.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.260111
Longitude
-1.939592