Soho Foundry buildings
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Soho Foundry buildings by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Soho Foundry buildings
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 5 Sep 2019
Although in a poor condition, the buildings are Listed Grade II* because of the extent of original Boulton and Watt buildings incorporated in and underlying the site. In addition, the site is a scheduled monument, the area of which extends to include the fenced area in the foreground to prevent disturbance of earlier foundations that are likely to survive. Note the remains of a railway turntable in the roadway in the foreground. A siding ran along the roadway with several turntables allowing wagons to be moved into the buildings alongside the roadway. Taken on the occasion of a guided tour of the site, which the tour organiser informed us would probably be the last time such a tour would be possible.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.498085
Longitude
-1.950758