Old warehouse
The Old Warehouse in Manchester is a warehouse built in 1830 for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway .
The building on the north side of the Manchester Road Railway Station terminus was built in five months between April and September 1830 according to plans by the architect Thomas Haigh.
The facades of the warehouse were clad with red brick in the Flemish Association and built with slate roofs in the style of ten ditch roofs . It's three stories high. The rear loading ramps at the level of the railroad tracks enabled direct loading and unloading of the railroad cars. The ground floor with access on the street side could be used by carts and carts.
The inner bearing structure is made of wood and reinforced with cast iron pillars. The distribution of goods within the three-story warehouse was originally carried out manually. Steam-powered hoists were installed at the end of 1832 and replaced by an electrically powered hydraulic system in 1880. The building has been extensively restored and has been a listed building since 1973 as a standing cultural monument. In 1975 rail operations were completely stopped. Today the building is used by the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South East, The Buildings of England, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
- ↑ Old Warehouse to North of Former Liverpool Road Railway Station, Manchester Monument Entry
Coordinates: 53 ° 28 '38.64 " N , 2 ° 15' 28.08" W.