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Brentford Dock
Key Words :- dock
Address :- Brentford, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 180 772
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.481457 , Long -0.3021
Local Authority :- Hounslow London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1859 -
Description and History of Site :-
1859. Adjacent to Brentford High Street. Small dock system built under direction of I K Brunel. Served by the GWR line. Single dock gate (unusual).
Brentford Dock Estate (Hounslow Local List):
The whole estate is now locally listed as a well-preserved example of 1960s/70s urban design and planning.
In 1964, Brentford Dock was closed as a shipping point and the site disposed of by the British Railways Board to the Greater London Council. Plans were drawn up by Sir Roger Waters in 1968 for what we now know as Brentford Dock.
The Dock was built between 1972 and 1978 for the Greater London Council (GLC).
Multiple items of significance to Industrial Archaeology remain, which the GLC architect - Sir Roger Waters - decided to retain when designing and building Brentford Dock. Sir Roger liked to reuse things from the past in his designs.
- Hennebique reinforced concrete-framed building
- Steps to Nowhere
- Dock walls showing curved back
- Accumulator House
- Hydraulic powered capstans
- Ladder made out of railway track
- Dock wall with barge cutout
- Lock winch mechanism
- Thames side wharf reinforced concrete piles built 1917.
Further Reading and References :-
Ashdown, John; Bussell, Michael; Carter, Paul. 'A Survey of Industrial Monuments of Greater London'. Thames Basin Archaeological Observers' Group, 1969
Smith, Denis. 'Civil Engineering Heritage - London and the Thames Valley'. Institution of Civil Engineers, 2001
Falconer, Jonathan. 'In the Footsteps of I K Brunel'. Ian Allen Publishing, 2014
Smith, Tim R. 'A gazetteer of hydraulic power in London'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 19 [2021]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/241news.html#F
http://www.glias.org.uk/walks/9_Brentford.html
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Grid Ref :- TQ 180 772
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.481457 , Long -0.3021
Local Authority :- Hounslow London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1859 -
1859. Adjacent to Brentford High Street. Small dock system built under direction of I K Brunel. Served by the GWR line. Single dock gate (unusual).
Brentford Dock Estate (Hounslow Local List):
The whole estate is now locally listed as a well-preserved example of 1960s/70s urban design and planning.
In 1964, Brentford Dock was closed as a shipping point and the site disposed of by the British Railways Board to the Greater London Council. Plans were drawn up by Sir Roger Waters in 1968 for what we now know as Brentford Dock.
The Dock was built between 1972 and 1978 for the Greater London Council (GLC).
Multiple items of significance to Industrial Archaeology remain, which the GLC architect - Sir Roger Waters - decided to retain when designing and building Brentford Dock. Sir Roger liked to reuse things from the past in his designs.
- Hennebique reinforced concrete-framed building
- Steps to Nowhere
- Dock walls showing curved back
- Accumulator House
- Hydraulic powered capstans
- Ladder made out of railway track
- Dock wall with barge cutout
- Lock winch mechanism
- Thames side wharf reinforced concrete piles built 1917.
Ashdown, John; Bussell, Michael; Carter, Paul. 'A Survey of Industrial Monuments of Greater London'. Thames Basin Archaeological Observers' Group, 1969
Smith, Denis. 'Civil Engineering Heritage - London and the Thames Valley'. Institution of Civil Engineers, 2001
Falconer, Jonathan. 'In the Footsteps of I K Brunel'. Ian Allen Publishing, 2014
Smith, Tim R. 'A gazetteer of hydraulic power in London'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 19 [2021]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/241news.html#F
http://www.glias.org.uk/walks/9_Brentford.html
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