Wordsley : Stourbridge Canal - Dadford's Shed
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Wordsley : Stourbridge Canal - Dadford's Shed
Image: © Lewis Clarke Taken: 28 Sep 2019
Built between 1884 and 1903. The warehouse was named after Thomas Dadford Junior, the engineer who supervised the building of the Stourbridge Canal. Originally, it was used as a trans-shipment shed for the transfer of goods from road to water. In 1995 it became a boat-yard. It is unusual as it was a canal /road interchange for Ivy Mills which was just along the road. It's an odd shaped ground plan to fit the restricted site. The covered canopy will allow two boats to be moored end to end. At one time it was used by the canal carrier Thomas Bantock who was the main carrier for the Great Western Railway and in this period the building was known as "The Railway Shed".
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Image Location
Latitude
52.476777
Longitude
-2.15499