Hydraulic Accumulator Tower Approximately 20 Metres East of South Dock Basin
HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES EAST OF SOUTH DOCK BASIN, BRIDGE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310668
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Hydraulic Accumulator Tower Approximately 20 Metres East of South Dock Basin
- Statutory Address:
- HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES EAST OF SOUTH DOCK BASIN, BRIDGE STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310668
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Hydraulic Accumulator Tower Approximately 20 Metres East of South Dock Basin
- Statutory Address 1:
- HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES EAST OF SOUTH DOCK BASIN, BRIDGE STREET
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES EAST OF SOUTH DOCK BASIN, BRIDGE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Goole
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 74242 22832
Details
GOOLE BRIDGE STREET SE 72 SW (west side, off) 10/56 Hydraulic accumulator tower approximately 20 metres east of South Dock 5.6.87 Basin
GV II Hydraulic accumulator tower. Mid - late C19 for Aire and Calder Navigation. Tooled ashlar base, timber-framed weather-boarded tower with asphalt roof, cast-iron machinery. Square on plan, with sides of approximately 5 metres. Chamfered ashlar plinth. Plain 2-stage tower approximately 15 metres high, south and west sides somewhat damaged. Yorkshire sash to second stage, south side. Fragmentary timber balcony near the top of the north and south sides; slots for former balcony supports visible on east and west sides. Hipped roof with exposed rafter ends, roof light and decorative finial. Interior contains original hydraulic machinery and iron ladder. A weighted ram compressed water in the cylindrical tank occupying the lower half of the tower, and provided hydraulic power for the boat hoist and other machinery in the nearby South Dock. A similar, larger, tower stands at the head of the Stanhope Dock, south of Stanhope Street (qv). The hydraulic accumulator was invented by Sir William Armstrong and first used in Newcastle in 1851. The accumulator towers at Goole may have been installed by W H Bartholomew as part of the improvements which included the boat hoists. Disused and derelict at time of resurvey. Singer C, History of Technology, Vol 5, 1958, p 534.
Listing NGR: SE7424222832
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 165281
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Singer, C, History of Technology, (1958), 534
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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