Hi
I wonder if anyone can help on a question of industrial architecture.
The attached pdf illustrates a foundry built beside the Oxford canal in
1878. Its ground plan has influenced the development of the works ever
since, and likewise the plan of the residential development that will
replace it shortly.
What interests me is
1. could there be remains of machine bases that can be predicted from
this plan?
2. Is it possible that this was a pattern-book factory, because its
regular layout fits awkwardly into the irregular site.
3. If so, does anyone recognise it from elsewhere, maybe in the
Midlands on the same canal system? Like a church, it might be possible
to find original structure at first floor level, underbuilt in
subsequent changes.
Any help will be welcome in formulating a recording scheme. Off-list
responses can go to my office e-mail, to which I am cc-ing this message.
Apologies for cross-posting to Roger White, Pete Boland, Mike Hodder,
Anna Badcock and Kate Warburton. - Brian
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