EPW024101 ENGLAND (1928). The saw mills and engineering works at the Canal Basin, Exeter, 1928
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| Title | [EPW024101] The saw mills and engineering works at the Canal Basin, Exeter, 1928 |
| Reference | EPW024101 |
| Date | September-1928 |
| Link | |
| Place name | EXETER |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 292083, 91878 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.5288121818755, 50.715926358253 |
| National Grid Reference | SX921919 |
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 Now the Waterside development (1989) of flats, houses, cafes and shops. |
 MCridford |
Monday 5th of July 2021 08:26:36 AM |
| Now a new ‘Rockfish’ restaurant. |
MCridford |
Monday 5th of July 2021 08:23:46 AM |
| The rail truck ‘turntable’ remains are preserved on the new piazza. |
MCridford |
Monday 5th of July 2021 08:22:26 AM |
| Only the main turbine room remains with the chimney stack,etc, demolished and now the site of new residential flats and cafe. The turbine room is currently the indoor climbing centre. |
MCridford |
Monday 5th of July 2021 08:19:56 AM |
| This line still exists up to the Sainsbury's on Alphington Road. The A377 then follows its route to the roundabout with the A30, it then curved into Ide before going off up along the Teign Valley (hence the name Teign Valley Line). The tunnels still exist and there are plans to rebuild it as an alternative to the exposed Dawlish route used by mainline trains today. |
HenryWRWhite |
Friday 10th of October 2014 06:50:37 PM |
| This is the junction where the Teign Valley branch diverges from the Great Western main line. There is still a short section of the branch line here running into Marsh Barton. |
badgerroyale |
Monday 4th of August 2014 11:24:04 PM |
| Maclaines Warehouses still standing and in use. |
 Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:32:49 PM |
| Haven Road |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:31:37 PM |
| Haven Road |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:31:01 PM |
| Chamberlain Road |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:30:05 PM |
| Fords Road |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:29:42 PM |
| Isca Road |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:29:25 PM |
| This area now a small retail park. |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:26:38 PM |
| Wood yard with a substantial amount of logs. |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:24:00 PM |
| Huge amount of light industrial going on in this whole area. |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:22:56 PM |
| Storage units possibly petroleum or liquid gas. |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:22:05 PM |
I believe this to be the yard of the Anglo American Oil Co Ltd (later ESSO ) |
garrye |
Sunday 15th of September 2013 08:14:04 PM |
| Industrial railway sidings with what appears to be container wagons (petrol/fuel?). No doubt Maurice could enlarge on what is happening here with the goods vehicles. Classic goods wagons and guards vans which I still have from my Tri-ang days! |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:20:39 PM |
| This whole area has now become gentrified with riverside flats,a paved palazzo and taken over by café society and visitors. In the photo it's a light industrial area existing on subsistence wages and heavy work. Now it's a pleasant riverside relaxation area. |
Allen T |
Sunday 19th of May 2013 04:55:15 PM |
| Is this a dredger or sand being delivered by boat? |
Allen T |
Sunday 19th of May 2013 04:48:12 PM |
| Canoeists using the river. The Exe is still extensively used for boating activity. |
Allen T |
Sunday 19th of May 2013 04:47:04 PM |
| The Foot Ferry. Still operated today as it was then, by a boatman who pulls the ferry across the narrow river by hand using an overhead cable.
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Allen T |
Saturday 6th of October 2012 09:34:05 AM |
| Diamond Road |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:39:17 PM |
An interesting example of how residential and dirty industrial premises existed side by side and one can imagine the unhealthy conditions for the local residents. How, for example, could families have even reasonable living conditions given the two chimneys from the electricity generating building belching out thick black smoke. Even in the late 1970's the area had a foul nauseating smell. |
Allen T |
Tuesday 21st of May 2013 01:16:47 PM |
| Water Lane |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:36:35 PM |
| The Quay |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:35:20 PM |
| Colleton Crescent. |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:34:31 PM |
| Melbourne Street. |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:33:19 PM |
Very sorry but this is Colleton hill . Melbourne street is further back . |
chieften |
Saturday 4th of May 2013 11:02:32 AM |
| The Canal Basin now a very popular mooring area for yachts and commercial boats. |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:22:47 PM |
| The old Electricity Generating Building still standing and now refurbished into flats. |
Allen T |
Friday 5th of October 2012 11:20:20 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Agreed this is Colleton Hill not Melbourne Street. |
Allen T |
Sunday 19th of May 2013 04:44:41 PM |