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Chimney on Kensington Gore
In message , Keith J
Chesworth writes On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:08:13 +0100, Ian Jelf wrote: In message , Richard J. writes Chris Woodhead wrote: I appreciate I may not be in the right area of expertise to ask this question, but can anybody shed any light on the history / origins of the free-standing chimney on Kensington Gore. It's intrigued me for a while now. I've posed this question on several messageboards / newsgroups but have as yet failed to receive a response. I'd be grateful for any information. If you mean the chimney next to and south-east of the Royal Albert Hall, I think it's from the hall's boiler room. A Google search produced a reference to a chimney and a photo at http://www.unseenlondon.dns2go.com/r...rt/roofext.htm , but the site seems to be down at present. Now if that's the case I for one would be very interested as I've been trying [1] to find out about the Albert Hall's heating for years [2]. When I was at school, I was taught that the Hall was heated by the surplus heat from a nearby cold storage facility but I've never been able to confirm/disprove this. [1] Though not very hard! [2] On reflection, this is *very* sad, isn't it?! Four Balwin packaged steam boilers supply the heating. They were renewed, say 5years ago Thank you! Another bit of London's jigsaw added....... -- Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for London & the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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