Access Tower, Covent Garden Market. Part of the Architectural Study Collection

c.1900

English Heritage
United Kingdom

A tall extending ladder tower mounted on a pair of iron-shod wooden spoked wheels. The tower can be almost doubled in height by a complex system of ropes and levers. It has a fine cast-iron maker’s label “Heathman. L / Parson’s Green.

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Title: Access Tower, Covent Garden Market. Part of the Architectural Study Collection
Date Created: c.1900
Location: Wrest Park Collections Store
Location Created: London
Physical Dimensions: Overall: h 3.76 m x w 1.38 m x d 3 m
Type: Lamp Changing Tower
Original Source: WREST PARK
Rights: English Heritage
Medium: Cast iron, wrought iron
Maker: Heathman of Parson’s Green Date Made

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