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WORLD WAR I PREFAB CONSTRUCTION, CROWN WORKS, VAUXHALL

WORLD WAR I PREFAB CONSTRUCTION, CROWN WORKS, VAUXHALL

'Making huts in children's playground adjoining Crown Works during the Great War', at Higgs & Hill's Crown Works in Vauxhall / Kennington - now the site of Ebbisham Drive. William Higgs moved the company from Westminster to Vauxhall in 1867. They were responsible for constructing numerous high profile buildings including, Tate Gallery, Brompton Hospital, London Fire Brigade Headquarters and the Hoover Factory. The firm also built the Crown Baths adjacent to the site on Harleyford Road. From Higgs & Hill Ltd - Souvenir booklet 1898-48
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Ref:11655
Identifier:12/64 Pamphlets
Date:c.1915

#1901 - 1925  #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS  #COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY  #Print  #TRADE  #VAUXHALL  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES