Great Northern Warehouse, Manchester
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Great Northern Warehouse, Manchester
Image: © Brian Deegan Taken: 27 May 2022
The warehouse was built to be fireproof with a steel frame on a rectangular plan, 267 feet long by 217 feet wide and five storeys high, with 27 windows on the east and west sides and 17 windows on the north and south ends. All four sides have friezes lettered in white brick reading "Great Northern Railway Company's Goods Warehouse". 25 million bricks, 50,000 tons of concrete, 12,000 tons of mild steel and 65 miles of rivets were used in its construction in 1885
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477477
Longitude
-2.248569