Detail view of the Hackney Borough Council plaque on Berkshire Road commemorating the site of the manufacture of the first plastic in the world

Date:
25 Apr 2007
Location:
Site Of Plaque To Alexander Parkes, Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, Hackney, Greater London Authority
Reference:
DP048520
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The text on the plaque reads ' LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY / FIRST PLASTIC IN THE WORLD/ Known as 'parkesine', invented by / Alexander Parkes. / First made near this site, 1866 / at the Parkesine Works.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/12994 London 2012 Olympics Lower Lea Valley Sites In Hackney, Stratford And Bow; within the Volume: BF112241 London 2012 Olympics Sites In Stratford, Bow, Leyton And Hackney; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Kendall, Derek

Keywords

Plaque