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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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