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HODGES’ DISTILLERY, CHURCH STREET, LAMBETH

HODGES’ DISTILLERY, CHURCH STREET, LAMBETH

A fire observatory at Mr Hodges' Distillery, Church Street (now Lambeth Road). The platform was 125 feet high and a look-out was raised to the top via a pulley. Fires were detected and as a result Mr Hodges' engines and volunteers were often the first to arrive at the scene. He also presented a fire engine to the parish.Published in The Penny Illustrated, 22nd November 1862.
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Ref:07410
Identifier:SP12/64/Dis.20
Date:1862

#1850 - 1875  #BUILDINGS / ARCHITECTURE  #COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY  #EMERGENCY SERVICES  #LAMBETH  #Photograph  #TRADE