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Home » Main » Employers, businesses and industry » Aeolian Company « Previous image · Slide Show · Next image » << < > >> Aeolian Factory in 1999 - 07: Shackle's Dock Entrance Click on image to view larger image Photo Details Poster: pianola  (see this users gallery) Hayes was a popular area for factories, because of the conjunction of the Great Western Railway and the Grand Junction Canal. HMV built on the western side of the "X", and the Aeolian Company on the eastern. Finished Pianola Pianos were shipped away by train, but the raw materials arrived by barge, and were offloaded in the small dock at the western edge of the factory site. This is the entrance to the dock from the north side of the canal. · Date: Fri July 20, 2007 · Views: 914 · Additional Info Print View · Send as e-Card

Author Thread Post a Reply  MIDDX.NET Registered: March 2004 Posts: 5734 Sat July 21, 2007 04:04 I'm trying to place exactly where this is. At first glance I thought it was Bulls Bridge, but I see from one of the other pix that it's actually called "Shackle Dock Bridge". I'm trying to imagine exactly where this is. When was this picture taken? pianola Registered: July 2007 Location: London Posts: 66 Sun July 22, 2007 19:02 I can't remember exactly when this was, except that it was sometime in 1999. A good friend of mine, Mike Davies, and I spent an afternoon at Hayes with the intention of documenting what remained of the Aeolian factory for the sake of pianola history. In fact, I'm delighted that middx.net can act as a public gallery for these pictures. The bridge is on the north side of the canal, as you walk towards London and away from Station Road. The little dock is still there, but difficult to see amongst all the industrial buildings. I'll post a picture of it. Anne Registered: May 2007 Posts: 39 Sun July 22, 2007 21:28 I also thought it was Bulls bridge. I'd love to know where this is ?? MIDDX.NET Registered: March 2004 Posts: 5734 Sun July 22, 2007 21:36 Sounds like its much further west than bulls bridge. Of course, it would have to be wouldn't it if it led to a factory in Silverdale Road!! I might just have to go and have a look for it some time! pianola Registered: July 2007 Location: London Posts: 66 Mon July 23, 2007 01:06 I've just posted a map of the factory site, taken from the original agreement in 1908, by which the Orchestrelle Company purchased the land from Mr Shackle. You can see Shackle's Dock at the western end. If you're going along there, take a picture! MIDDX.NET Registered: March 2004 Posts: 5734 Mon July 23, 2007 22:17 Thanks! We do, by the way, have other pix of the building in these albums.... I will try to locate them for you! ripple Registered: April 2006 Location: hayes Posts: 3 Tue July 24, 2007 20:59 It is about 300 yds down from the bridge at the Old Crown, you can get a better view of its location from Google Earth!

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