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Mosque in a converted factory building at the corner of Smith Street and Midland Road, part of a small area of streets between Red Lane, the former ordnance factory and the canal. It may have been built as part of the ordnance works, since it is marked as part of the factory site on this plan: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:ImV103-p547.jpg The mosque is called the Shah Jalal Jame Masjid and serves the local Bangladeshi community.

Difficult to photograph. Trying to give an idea of the size of the building. Now used for storing Jaguar car parts

The northern end can be seen in image Image The Coventry Ordanace works was established here in 1902. After World War One, the factory passed to the English Electric Company Limited. It is currently used to store automotive parts.

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

An enormous building. Amongst other things, First World War naval guns were made here.

This factory shed was part of Coventry Ordnance Works, a large site between Stoney Stanton Road, Red Lane and the canal where armaments were made between 1900 and 1925. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Coventry_Ordnance_Co https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Coventry_Ordnance_Works A plan of the site marks this building as containing the large machine shop, large erecting shop and large gun bay. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:ImV103-p547.jpg The works closed in 1925, but, while the part of the factory on Ordnance Road, off Stoney Stanton Road, has long since been demolished, this unit has survived. It was in use as a warehouse for many years but now appears to be empty.

The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.

Seen across the canal is the former Naval Gun Shop, part of the Royal Ordnance. When built in 1906 it was the largest industrial building in Europe at 930 feet (283 metres) long and 195 feet (60 metres) wide. During the First World War tanks and aeroplanes were built here. The narrow canal was built to connect the city of Coventry with the Trent & Mersey Canal, some 38 miles distant, to exploit the Warwickshire coalfields. Construction of the canal took 20 years before it was complete in 1769. The canal between the basin in Coventry and Hawkesbury junction was made a conservation area in 2012.

A rear garden full of kitsch belonging to a house in The Chantries. The narrow canal was built to connect the city of Coventry with the Trent & Mersey Canal, some 38 miles distant, to exploit the Warwickshire coalfields. Construction of the canal took 20 years before it was complete in 1769. The canal between the basin in Coventry and Hawkesbury junction was made a conservation area in 2012.