EPW033809 ENGLAND (1930). The Mono Service Containers factory, Park Royal Football Ground and environs, Park Royal, 1930
© Copyright OpenStreetMap contributors and licensed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. 2024. Cartography is licensed as CC BY-SA.
Nearby Images (48)
EPW033809
0°
0m
EPW033750
45°
8m
EPW055632
147°
13m
EPW055631
173°
18m
EPW033806
194°
19m
EPW033808
176°
19m
EPW033751
219°
22m
EAW017049
220°
27m
EPW033747
83°
27m
EAW017048
173°
28m
EPW033748
193°
29m
EPW033752
145°
30m
EPW033805
211°
32m
EPW033810
88°
32m
EAW017053
165°
35m
EPW033753
111°
35m
EPW033746
32°
37m
EAW017052
49°
41m
EPW055630
239°
41m
EAW017051
151°
42m
EAW017055
135°
43m
EPW033749
56°
43m
EAW017050
198°
47m
EPW033807
228°
49m
EAW017047
209°
50m
EPW055633
211°
63m
EAW017046
208°
65m
EPW048435
315°
135m
EPW041860
323°
173m
EPW041850
309°
183m
EAW031549
290°
193m
EPW041852
305°
202m
EAW031551
273°
204m
EAW031547
259°
205m
EPW048434
261°
205m
EPW041857
326°
209m
EAW031552
309°
238m
EPW041851
312°
239m
EPW041844
299°
241m
EAW031544
289°
247m
EAW031546
271°
247m
EAW031542
256°
251m
EPR000519
256°
255m
EPW041849
330°
267m
EPW041859
305°
276m
EPW041854
329°
285m
EAW031554
303°
295m
EPW041856
312°
314m
Details
| Title | [EPW033809] The Mono Service Containers factory, Park Royal Football Ground and environs, Park Royal, 1930 |
| Reference | EPW033809 |
| Date | July-1930 |
| Link | |
| Place name | PARK ROYAL |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 519547, 182633 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.27640182311313, 51.529454779407 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ195826 |
Pins
 The Great Western Railway's Park Royal station (1903-1937). It was demolished very soon after closure. As is seen it was not the easiest station to access from the main road, the building being on what became Johnson Way. This was a full size station, as was North Acton. |
 Leslie B |
Saturday 5th of August 2017 11:08:46 AM |
| The reason for the heavy concentration of industrialisation in this area goes back to WW1. The area once occupied by the failed Royal Agricultural Society show ground was commandeered by the government for war purposes.
Part of the land (probably the area around the Horse Ring (later the Guinness Brewery) was given over to a Army Service Corps Remount Depot. This was a facility concerned with the gathering, husbandry, training and eventual distribution of the great numbers of horses still required oversees by the military at that time.
The rest of the area was used to set up a vast munitions works. This would have been facilitated by the proximity to nearby rail and canal transportation links. Other munitions production sites were also set up nearby in North Acton.
After the war, the former munitions works buildings were acquired and put to use by private industry. |
The Laird |
Thursday 12th of January 2017 06:31:16 PM |