Royal Ordnance factory building
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Royal Ordnance factory building by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Royal Ordnance factory building
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 23 Sep 2021
This was the massive Naval Gun Shop. It measures 283m long and 60m wide and when it was built in 1906 it was the largest industrial building in Europe. It is not listed but is included in the Coventry Canal Conservation Area. This describes it as one of Coventry's last surviving iconic industrial buildings and it is likely to be the only building of its kind in Britain. It is therefore of high historic and architectural interest. Its future must however remain problematical. There are some fascinating pictures of the interior in this link https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/coventrys-munitions-industry-7419447
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Image Location
Latitude
52.418252
Longitude
-1.4918