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Survey of London
… in 1875. 541 In 1900 the wharf, with nine brick, iron, and wood warehouses, was taken by Cook & Company, which thus … 572 The wharf was subsequently occupied by the Haskin Wood Vulcanizing Company, specialists in the 'vulcanizing, seasoning, or preserving of wood'. They remained at Samuda's Yard until c191213, when the …
Survey of London
… the potential of a preservative process for metals, wood, stone 'and other substances or materials', that had …
Survey of London
… Dock, for the repair of iron ships and steamers. It had a wood and concrete bottom, wood and brick sides, and wooden entrance gates, and was the …
Survey of London
… 412 Lukach Wharf was afterwards occupied by The 'Arbey' Wood Wool Packing Company Ltd, which produced wood-wool, chips and shavings using machinery patented by a Parisian engineer, Louis Arbey. The wood-wool concern took over the former Belgian Iron Wharf in …
Survey of London
… 52 The largest developers were John Smeathers Wood and John Harman Hunt, matchmakers of Stratford they … limbs of the building are unified by the stained-wood open roof. A timber gallery in the south transept houses … In 1910 the company took a lease of Excelsior Wharf on Bow Creek to provide storage space and ease pressure on its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… late 12th or early 13th-century. Lectern: In galleryof wood, with turned post, curved feet and braces, revolving …
A History of the County of Somerset
… adjoining Marsh in Wincanton. 41 Field names and a 20-a. wood surviving in 1838 indicate a large area of woodland in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… uncommon. Probably curtain rods were usually made out of WOOD like the rest of the BEDSTEAD. As the WINDOW CURTAIN … screws, or a SCREW MANDREL used to cut the grooves on WOOD SCREWS. Whatever its precise form, if it were for … then it could be an early example of the possible use of wood screws in JOINERY, which was only adopted in the late …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… on the E. side is an original dormer window with moulded wood frame and mullions. One chimney stack is original and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… land, whereof 3384 are meadow and pasture, 924 arable, 100 wood, and 954 road and waste; the surface is undulated, and …