Henry Pershouse Parkes blue plaque
Tipton, Sandwell, England, United Kingdom
On this site from the 1840s to the 1930s stood the chain and anchor works of Henry Pershouse Parkes where in 1866 a replacement anchor for Brunel’s Great Eastern steamship was made which was then the largest in the world. Length 20’ 6’’. Weight 8 tons.
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