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Latitude: 51.512 / 51°30'43"N
Longitude: -0.0349 / 0°2'5"W
OS Eastings: 536459
OS Northings: 181059
OS Grid: TQ364810
Mapcode National: GBR K4.FVN
Mapcode Global: VHGR1.B8W7
Plus Code: 9C3XGX68+Q2
Entry Name: Accumulator Tower and Chimney
Listing Date: 27 September 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1065116
English Heritage Legacy ID: 206095
Also known as: Accumulator Tower and Chimney (incorrectly described as a railway 'lookout tower')
Former Railway Lookout Tower
ID on this website: 101065116
Location: Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London, E14
County: London
District: Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward/Division: Limehouse
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Anne Limehouse
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Tower
The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13 December 2018.
MILL PLACE E14
1.
West Side
4431
Accumulator Tower and Chimney
TQ 3681 17/656
11
C1855 early Armstrong accumulator tower of octagonal shape with chimney stack,
also octagonal, built onto north side, the pumping station demolished. Presumably
built to provide hydraulic power for the cranes etc, of the Regent's Canal
Dock, whose engineer was Rendel. The tower is built of stock brick with a
cornice and parapet, white brick and stone dressings. Slit windows to 3 faces.
This asset was previously listed twice. The duplicate record (List entry number 1242312) was removed from the List on 13 December 2018.
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