i have no pics sorry,but i do remember the site, and the warehouses.dose anyone remember British Water Ways Samson Road in the 50's there was warehouses on site love to see any pictures
Cement works struck a chord with me as my great grandfather worked at the cement works at Harbury. However looking at the bags on the wharf the company is Kayes.Painting from Tales from the inland waterways by Corrie, Euan, Publication date 2005
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thanks pedro i found that most interesting good to know that the filtered silt is good for the landRmoving the muck from the canals....
If you look at page 3 of the discussion about listing and saving the buildings the article describes the application as declined and gives a report as to why. It details a good history of the site and the buildings in questionA little bit more about Sampson Road wharf and the fight to prevent demolition in 2014.
Sampson Rd wharf buildings now directly at risk from an uncaring C&RT development team
Canal and River Trust are planning to demolish the buildings marked 1 & 2 on my overview image (see below) in January. These are steel framed buildings which constitute part of the collection of structures on this site and are a valuable asset to the completeness of this unique waterway site....www.canalworld.net