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One of the very few plainly decorated warehouses in Victorian Manchester, noted for its simple Georgian style. 1850 [10] Watts Warehouse Portland Street, Manchester city centre: Grade II*. Ornate style typifies the extravagant confidence of many Mancunian warehouses of this period, but the Watts Warehouse is notable for its peculiarly eclectic ...
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Manchester became a railway hub, and goods for the home market and export left the city by train. Warehouses were built close to the major stations. The first was opposite the passenger platform at the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. There was an important group of warehouses around London Road station (now Piccadilly
Watts Warehouse is a large, ornate Victorian Grade II* listed building standing on Portland Street in the centre of Manchester, England. It opened in 1856 as a textile warehouse for the wholesale drapery business of S & J Watts, and was the largest single-occupancy textile warehouse in Manchester.
Pages in category "Commercial buildings in Manchester" ... List of warehouses in Manchester; 0–9. 25 St Ann Street; 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station; B.
Asia House, one of Manchester's packing warehouses. In the second half of the 1800s, Manchester's reputation as a financial and commercial centre was boosted by the unprecedented number of warehouses erected in the city centre. In 1806 there were just over 1,000 but by 1815 this had almost doubled to 1,819. Manchester was dubbed "warehouse city".
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 ]
Another major sports apparel company, Adidas, has its UK head office in Stockport [82] and its national distribution warehouse in nearby Trafford Park [83] - both sites total 60% of Adidas's UK workforce. [84] Manchester is also popularly known for its major football clubs, Manchester City and Manchester United, [85] both have a combined ...