Banana Warehouse (Birmingham)
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warehouse, 1840s construction, Grade II Listed (UK)
So called because it was used by Geest who were fruit traders. Circa 1840 red brick canal side warehouse with the eaves of roof carried out over stop lock/wharf abutting Warwick Bar lock. The overhanging roof (modern asbestos sheeting) is supported by cast iron columns, 7 bays, narrower each end. Exposed braced half trusses. Segmental arched openings to warehouse walls, mostly blocked. Stone dressed brick lock and stop lock.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°28'47"N 1°53'0"W
- Former site of Peugeot Stoke Plant 28 km
- Middlemarch Business Park 30 km
- Cross Point Business Park 31 km
- Former MoD Long Marston Army Depot 40 km
- DSDA Kineton (North) 44 km
- Graven Hill: LCS Depot 82 km
- AWE Burghfield 132 km
- Magazine Storage Facility 151 km
- Dinton Woods Storage Site 157 km
- RNAD Ernesettle 280 km
- Birmingham Curzon Street Station (under construction) 0.2 km
- Eastside Locks 0.5 km
- Masshouse Circus 0.6 km
- Freightliner terminal 0.9 km
- St Andrew's 1.1 km
- Highgate Park 1.2 km
- Birmingham City Centre 1.2 km
- Ladywood 1.4 km
- Hall Green 4.5 km
- Solihull (Metropolitan Borough) 12 km
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