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Manchester is a product of the Industrial Revolution, recognisable for its industrial past. The city is synonymous for its canals, railway viaducts, cotton mills and warehouses which were used to store or house goods before or after transit.
The Rylands Building is a Grade II listed building and former department store on Market Street in Manchester, England. [2] It is situated in the Smithfield conservation area, which was known for its markets and textile warehouses, [ 3 ] close to the Piccadilly area of Manchester city centre .
The warehouse was built to be fireproof with a steel frame on a rectangular plan, 267 ft (81 m) long by 217 ft (66 m) wide and five storeys high, with 27 windows on the east and west sides and 17 windows on the north and south ends. All four sides have friezes lettered in white brick reading "Great Northern Railway Company's Goods Warehouse". [1]
The Warehouse Project was initially started as a joint venture by Sacha Lord and Sam Kandel, who both had previous involvement with the Sankeys nightclub in Manchester. [2] It began operations in the disused Boddingtons Brewery in Strangeways , and then moved into a space under Manchester Piccadilly station , on Store Street, which previously ...
The second, which is accessed from Beal Lane, is home to a packing hall and a distribution centre. The site is one of Europe's largest warehouse distribution centres. [4] The centre was the biggest private employer in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. [19] with staff employed either through Very themselves or through the Blue Arrow work ...
Dale Street Warehouse is an early 19th-century warehouse in the Piccadilly Basin area of Manchester city centre, England. It is a Grade II* listed building as of 10 November 1972. [ 1 ] It is the earliest surviving canal warehouse in the city. [ 2 ]
Jackson's Warehouse (also known as Jacksons Warehouse) is a 19th-century warehouse in the Piccadilly Basin area of Manchester, England. History Built in 1836, it was ...
The 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road, Manchester, England, is a 19th-century warehouse that forms part of the Liverpool Road railway station complex. It was built in five months between April and September 1830, "almost certainly [to the designs of] the Liverpool architect Thomas Haigh". [1]