NHER 28475 (Monument record) - Site of Paul's Chimney, Boal Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Factory chimney. Built 1916.
Only remaining part of animal food factory, now in car park.
Finest example in King's Lynn (and probably Norfolk since demolition of Anchor Brewery chimney, Norwich).
Rectangular base with archway through it; above 3m, polygonal, of great height with ornate top.
Good condition but bears impedimenta from recent use as training school for steeplejacks.
Threatened by redevelopment (1991).
Demolished 1994.
Press cuttings (S1) to (S5) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 March 1995.
See Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society survey on fiche.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF65143 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1992. Riverside walk idea for Lynn. 18 May.
- <S2> SNF65145 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1993-1994. [Articles and letters to the editor on the demolition of Paul's Chimney, Boal Street].
- <S3> SNF65148 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1994. I went up Paul's chimney - on the inside…. 28 October.
- <S4> SNF65151 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. [Article and letter to the editor on the demolition of Paul's Chimney, Boal Street].
- <S5> SNF65154 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. [Photograph of the Boal Quay chimney in 1978]. 26 November.
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Record last edited
Jul 22 2020 2:12PM