Detail view of Waterfront Walkway plaques attached to the wall on West Hoe Road
- Date:
- 8 Apr 2009
- Location:
- West Hoe Road, City Of Plymouth
- Reference:
- DP086696
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
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Description
The lower plaque reads: Waterfront Walkway. These reclaimed and replica plaques are from within Millbay Docks. The singer on a sail making machine, the carruthers on cranes, the Armstrong on the former rail bridge at the docks' mouth. The wall was covered in signs earlier this century. Old fixings can still be seen.
The upper plaque reads: Sir W C. Armstrong. Whitworth & Co Ltd. Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Content
This is part of the Job: 2K/12165 Waterfront Waterway Plaques, West Hoe Road, Plymouth; within the Volume: BF112692 Informed Conservation: Plymouth: Vision Of A Modern City; within the Series: EHC01/161 Informed Conservation: Plymouth: Vision Of A Modern City; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
Rights
© Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Photographer: Williams, Peter
Keywords
Plaque