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Captions for Bury St Edmunds Other Industry
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Title
Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1925
Caption:
A report in the Bury and Norwich Post, 7 January 1925, states that' Messrs Tate and Lyle Ltd are cooperating with Hungarian interests in the building of the factory at Bury St Edmunds on which work is soon to commence. Each group will find half of the œ350,000 involved and an Hungarian expert has been chosen as organiser (Dr. R. Jorisch) A site of 45 acres has been acquired for the factory. It is hoped to commence construction next month.' Work began in February and the factory opened in December 1925. A new road, Holderness Road, was constructed to give access from Hollow Road and 16 pairs of houses built by Bury Town Council for essential workers. The three images were taken between August and September 1925.
Title
Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1925
Caption:
Title
Sugar Beet Factory, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1925
Caption:
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Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Boby Bros, Station Works
Date:
c1890
Caption:
Robert & George Boby established their Station Hill Works in 1871-2 on a site previously occupied by Thomas Prentice & Co, timber, slate and coal merchants. The single-storey building on the left has a stone with the inscription B B 1872. In the trade directories, Boby Bros are listed as beer finning manufacturers ( for clarifying beer), malsters and hop merchants. They were also coal merchants from 1908 - 1937 and appear to have ceased trading c1950
Title
Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Boby Bros., Station Works
Date:
nd
Caption:
This was taken a little later than K505/1958, as the painter working on the gable end has moved on. Also, as the photographer has moved further back, we can see the wooden Great Eastern Railway Goods Shed on the right. This lasted until the early 1950s when British railways replaced it with a modern structure. Today, the Boby buildings remain, although the tall chimney has gone. The large building at the back has lost its chimneys and the turret with the weather-vane.
Title
The Lark Navigation
Date:
1890
Caption:
The first lighter, horsedrawn from Mildenhall, arrives at St Saviours Wharf in 1890.
Title
The Lark Navigation
Date:
after 1892
Caption:
One of the Eastern Counties Navigation & Transport C0.'s steam tugs, near Bury St Edmunds.
Title
The Lark Navigation
Date:
after 1892
Caption:
The Lark Navigation, from Mildenhall to Fornham, opened in 1715. With the expansion of the railway system it began to fall into disrepair, until it was taken over, in 1899, by the Bury St Edmunds Borough Council and the Eastern Counties Navigation and Transport Co. They started to restore and extend it from the Fornham Basin to St Saviours Wharf near the railway station in Bury. Part of the route opened in 1890 but regular traffic did not start until 1892 after further work had been done. The enterprise was not a success and soon closed. This image shows a view of St Saviours Wharf with lighters and a steam tug
Title
Waterworks, West Road, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
c1900
Caption:
New water tower and reservoir under construction, West Road c1900
