Morton Laboratory (Chemical Engineeering Pilot Plant), UMIST

Morton Laboratory, Lower Albion Street, former UMIST Campus, Manchester, M1 7JR

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University chemical engineering laboratory. 1964 to 1966 to designs by H M Fairhurst of H S Fairhurst & Son for the Manchester College of Technology (renamed University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology - UMIST - in 1966).
Heritage Category:
Certificate of immunity
List Entry Number:
1491347
Date first listed:
10-Oct-2024
Statutory Address:
Morton Laboratory, Lower Albion Street, former UMIST Campus, Manchester, M1 7JR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Certificate of immunity
List Entry Number:
1491347
Date first listed:
10-Oct-2024
Statutory Address 1:
Morton Laboratory, Lower Albion Street, former UMIST Campus, Manchester, M1 7JR
Statutory Address 2:
Morton Laboratory, Lower Albion Street, former UMIST Campus, Manchester, M1 7JR

Location

Statutory Address:
Morton Laboratory, Lower Albion Street, former UMIST Campus, Manchester, M1 7JR
Statutory Address:
Morton Laboratory, Lower Albion Street, former UMIST Campus, Manchester, M1 7JR

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SJ8477397601

Summary

University chemical engineering laboratory. 1964 to 1966 to designs by H M Fairhurst of H S Fairhurst & Son for the Manchester College of Technology (renamed University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology - UMIST - in 1966).

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