What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this spot from the 1790s to the 1860s stood Gospel Oak Ironworks where in 1843 John and Edmund Walker made the cast iron columns for the Albert Dock in Liverpool. Recorded plaque organisation: Tipton Civic Society.
Edmund Walker and John Walker operated the Gospel Oak Ironworks, which was significant for producing the cast iron columns used in the construction of the Albert Dock in Liverpool in 1843, contributing to the dock's renowned structural integrity and historical importance.
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