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Wellington Road North, STOCKPORT, SK4 1HS

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The A6 out of Stockport towards Manchester. Used today as a storage depot the building on the left was constructed in 1877 for the London and North Western Railway Company and replaced a smaller storage building on the site, which was destroyed by fire. The warehouse narrowly escaped destruction from a bomb in World War II, sustaining slight damage to the NW corner of building. It is currently covered in scaffolding whilst some maintenance work is being carried out.

This is a hydraulic ram with associated pulleys to produce a multiplying effect and was used in this large warehouse to operate a hoist. This was water hydraulic (the original and where the word comes from - none of this modern oil hydraulic stuff).

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Massive railway warehouse now in use for storage. This had its own hydraulic power system and the accumulator tower is barely visible beyond the bridge at the end of the yard. The capstans to move the waggons are all long gone but there are still hydraulic jigger lifts in the roof of this huge building.

"The present building was constructed in 1877 for the London and North Western Railway Company and replaced a smaller storage building on the site, which was destroyed by fire. The warehouse narrowly escaped destruction from a bomb in World War II, sustaining slight damage to NW corner of building." (from https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067164 ). For more details about the hydraulic power system used in the building, please see Chris Allen's Image For further images of this site, please see Image, Image, Image, Image and Image

The former LNWR Goods Warehouse on Wellington Road North is Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067164 It was built in 1877 for the London and North Western Railway Company in the ltalianate style. Red brick with stone dressings, blue brick plinth and banding, white brick cornice and lettering. The warehouse narrowly escaped destruction from a bomb in World War II, sustaining slight damage to NW corner of building. It was designed to enable the efficient storage and transfer of goods between rail and road, and retains a range of different hoist mechanisms which include a manual hoist, six hydraulic jiggers, and two electric-powered hoists, positioned over trap doors replicated down through the floors, which illustrate how the building operated. Today it is used as a storage depot.

Viewed from Bowerfold Lane bridge. The front of the warehouse is on Wellington Road North Image The former LNWR Goods Warehouse is Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067164 It was built in 1877 for the London and North Western Railway Company in the ltalianate style. Red brick with stone dressings, blue brick plinth and banding, white brick cornice and lettering. The warehouse narrowly escaped destruction from a bomb in World War II, sustaining slight damage to NW corner of building. It was designed to enable the efficient storage and transfer of goods between rail and road, and retains a range of different hoist mechanisms which include a manual hoist, six hydraulic jiggers, and two electric-powered hoists, positioned over trap doors replicated down through the floors, which illustrate how the building operated. Today it is used as a storage depot.