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Coal hole covers on Great Percy Street, WC1

Key Words :- coal hole cover

Viewing the Site :- on street

Address :- Great Percy Street, Pentonville, London, Greater London, WC1
Grid Ref :- TQ 311 829
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.529798 , Long -0.111436
Local Authority :- Islington London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact

Description and History of Site:-
A good selection of cast-iron coal hole covers made by different manufacturers including:
Alfred Syer, 14 Pentonville Road, N1
Hayward Brothers, 187 189 Union Street, Boro
Wm Pryor & Co Ltd, Dalston Junction
P J Boon, 46 Rosebery Avenue, EC1
G W Seymore, 1 St James's Walk, EC
A C Woodrow & Co
HCD
John C Aston & Sons, 70 Essex Road, Islington
G Whitley, King's Cross
S Saunders, 376 Caledonian Road
Jones & Company, Cannon Foundry, 156 & 158 Goswell Road, EC


Further Reading and References:-
GLIAS article:
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/200news.html#B


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