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Title: Biscuit manufactory, 1846 [Go to resource]
Description: This is the former silk factory that George Palmer purchased in 1846 for £1,800. The factory had a floor space of 5,000 square feet and was spread over half an acre in an area between the canal and the River Kennet. From this point on biscuits were produced in quantities that had never been seen before. The location had excellent transport links because of its proximity to the waterways, the railway and the London to Bristol road. George Palmer gradually bought the surrounding properties so that he could continue to expand the business. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Publisher: Huntley & Palmers Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: building
environment
social history
tradeTemporal: start=1846-01-01; end=1846-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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