Tuesday, November 07, 2017

The historic factories of Leicester



A good slideshow showing some Leicester industrial history that now lies derelict and vulnerable to arsonists.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I walked along the Grand Union towpath in about 1978 and recall that there was one factory with a small-scale Statue of Liberty on the roof....?

Herbert Eppel said...

Unfortunately, the Liberty building was demolished some years ago (should have been refurbished for alternative use instead) and replaced with a modern building of similar proportions, but the statue was saved and now stands on a pedestal nearby – you can probably find it on Google Street View.

Herbert Eppel said...

I took some photos of the Corah site a year ago – see album
here

Jonathan Calder said...

There are a couple of photos of Leicester's Statue of Liberty on this blog.