Edward Fison Ltd.
Some buildings from the upper reaches of the Wet Dock. What we at first
thought was 'Howard Elton Ltd.' appears faintly through the brick-red
paint,
while 'Websters Trade Yard' still stands out against the whitwash:
However, an anonymous email suggests that this is more likely to be
a more familiar trade name. Couldn't it be 'EDWARD FISON LTD'? Thanks
for
the feedback - keep it coming.
A view across New Cut showing the bottom of Great Whip Street and the
somewhat
unattractive Bolenda Engineering Ltd.
Not far from the Edward Fison Ltd building shown at top, is the
converted wharf facing Burtons across the
narrowing top end of the Wet
Dock (on the Stoke side). This attractive rake of buildings was
modernised as dwellings and offices long before (around late 70s?) the
current upheavals of the Wet Dock regeneration.
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The famous London Underground logo of red circle and blue bar with
white Gill Sans caps is a screw-on sign, so doesn't really fit into our
parameters laid out on the Introduction
page, but it is so incongruous that it had to be included here. Perhaps
there's a secret tube platform deep down below the bottom of the Wet
Dock basin with a direct electrified line to the Cabinet Rooms below 10
Downing Street and a side branch to the nuclear bunker near Mistley.
Actually, we understand that it's the site of a computerised control
system used by London Underground, though why it's been sited in a
converted wharf in Ipswich docks is anyone's guess. Any ideas?
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