EPW014808 ENGLAND (1926). The Shredded Wheat Factory, Welwyn Garden City, 1926

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Title [EPW014808] The Shredded Wheat Factory, Welwyn Garden City, 1926
Reference EPW014808
Date 24-March-1926
Link
Place name WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 524154, 212942
Longitude / Latitude -0.1992429016235, 51.800872723705
National Grid Reference TL242129

Pins

Small platform to serve trains on the Hertford branch line. Opened 1920, closed September 1926 when the new station was opened. See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/welwyn_garden_city_halt/index.shtml for more information.

John W
Wednesday 22nd of March 2017 10:55:28 PM
Blakemere Road

Paul
Friday 31st of October 2014 12:37:40 AM

Paul
Friday 31st of October 2014 12:37:15 AM
The beginnings of Walden Place (a Cul-de-Sac off Walden road)

jimbo20
Sunday 19th of January 2014 09:49:52 PM
Broadwater Road

Nick G
Sunday 20th of October 2013 07:52:41 PM
A supermarket now stands here on the site of the former Cherry Tree hotel.

Howie
Saturday 26th of January 2013 06:19:23 AM

Nick G
Sunday 20th of October 2013 06:58:15 PM
I think this may well be the old Broadwater Press building where I worked from 1967-69.

Howie
Saturday 26th of January 2013 06:17:42 AM
A factory making electric heaters established here by 1939

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:51:21 PM
By 1939 a factory making radios was established here

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:49:21 PM
By 1939 this site was occupied by an iron foundry

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:48:11 PM
By 1939 an engineering works had been established here

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:47:39 PM
Ultra-modern factory in 1926. Not extant on OS maps for 1925. Architectural influences - American or German?

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:45:53 PM
Welwyn Garden City Station under construction

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:44:33 PM
Opened in September 1926.

John W
Wednesday 22nd of March 2017 10:51:01 PM
Welwyn Garden City Halt, possibly serving workmens' camp - construction workers for the new city

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:43:51 PM
Opened 1920, closed September 1926 when the new station opened. See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/welwyn_garden_city_halt/index.shtml for more information about this temporary station. There was a smaller platform serving the Hertford branch for the same time period and for the same purpose opposite this platform.

John W
Wednesday 22nd of March 2017 10:53:14 PM
Branch line to Luton and Dunstable

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:42:28 PM
Branch line to Hertford

MB
Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:41:47 PM
Digswell Junction

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Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:39:55 PM

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Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:37:11 PM
Steam locomotive hauling goods train

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Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:33:24 PM
Steam-hauled passenger train

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Tuesday 25th of September 2012 02:31:51 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Shredded Wheat Factory from a train, Welwyn Garden City, 10/06/2014

Class31
Wednesday 11th of June 2014 04:41:48 PM
This is another image that I find very interesting for this category... If you click on 'see image record', you will find that lots of people have already pinned the image, noting all the different industries that rapidly grew before the beginning of WW2 in this place - quite obviously after this image was taken!



I do find the concept of Garden Cities generally quite interesting but don't personally know a lot about them - has anybody come across collection images of other planned cities across the country yet?

Sandra Brauer
Thursday 22nd of November 2012 08:57:23 AM
There are a few of Letchworth like this one ..



epw013190

BruceR
Monday 5th of November 2012 10:13:38 PM
Sir Ebenezer Howard (1850 –1928) is known for his publication Garden Cities of To-morrow (1898), the description of a utopian city in which people live harmoniously together with nature.



This resulted in Welwyn and Letchworth garden cities near London. The ideas were also used in relation developments, such as Bournville by the Cadburys in Birmingham and the Rowntrees in York. I have annotated EPW001104 Bournville.



The concept of the garden city is in contrast to the planned city. There are numerous examples of geometric developments in the Britain from Above collection, for example Billingham EPW032188. However, these do not always carry with them the philosophical approach to the relationship between those dwelling in the garden city and the landscape. For example, Cadbury insisted that the housing provided for workers in the chocolate factory should include a garden with an apple tree, thus encouraging a productive relationship with the land. Indeed, many of the Bournville’s houses might be described as cottages, reminiscent of those built on the more well-found English country estates from the shire countries. The garden city was attempting to bring the country to the town.

Maurice
Thursday 22nd of November 2012 08:57:23 AM