EAW032053 ENGLAND (1950). The Britannia Iron and Steel Works, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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Details
| Title | [EAW032053] The Britannia Iron and Steel Works, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Reference | EAW032053 |
| Date | 23-August-1950 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BEDFORD |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 504611, 249043 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.47158040767343, 52.129369095937 |
| National Grid Reference | TL046490 |
Pins
 George Cooper & Son Ltd, seed merchants. |
 melgibbs |
Thursday 1st of May 2014 06:14:47 PM |
 Entrance to Britannia Iron & Steel Works. Sadly in need of some TLC after the area was used for housing development. The attached photo was taken on the 7th December 2013. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:54:46 PM |
| The plaque on a tree stump to mark where Giuseppe Garibaldi planted a Giant Sequoia tree when he visited on 15 April 1864. This area is now housing development. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:51:18 PM |
| Kempston Road, Bedford. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:50:28 PM |
| Commercial Road Cattle Market. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:49:39 PM |
 Commercial Road open air swimming baths. The river water flowing through the baths used to be warmed by the water from the power station. The attached photo shows that area taken on the 7th December 2013. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:48:49 PM |
| Electricity power station. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:44:37 PM |
| Prebend Street. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:44:05 PM |
 Footbridge over the Bedford to St John's Station and Bletchley line. The attached photo taken on the 7th December 2013 shows the replacement bridge which looks as if it could survive a direct nuclear hit! |
melgibbs |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:43:24 PM |
User Comment Contributions
There are some notes about the Britannia Works at: http://virtual-library.culturalservices.net/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/bedford_trades_britannia_works_article.htm. |
melgibbs |
Monday 16th of March 2015 03:16:45 PM |