Collectie GB 0074 ACC/1297/MTCC - METROPOLITAN TOWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

0.1 linear metres

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MTCC 1891-1899 Collection 0.1 linear metres Metropolitan Tower Construction Company

According to the Brent Council website, the Metropolitan Tower Construction Company was founded by Sir Edward Watkin, Chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company. He was impressed by the Eiffel Tower and wished to construct something similar on land he owned in Wembley Park. In 1880 a design was chosen for a 1,200 feet high steel tower incorporating restaurants, theatres, dancing rooms and exhibition space. Work was begun in 1893 but ran into problems both with the construction and finances. Work was stopped when the tower was 155 feet high. The incomplete structure was surrounded by pleasure gardens including sports facilities, tea rooms, bandstands and a lake. The park was served by the new Wembley Park station which had opened in 1894. In 1899 the Tower Construction Company went into liquidation. Subsequently, the structure was neglected and by 1902 it was declared unsafe and closed to the public. It was then demolished, with the scrap steel exported abroad. Wembley Stadium now stands on the site.

See "The history of the Wembley Park area" on Brent Council website, http://www.brent.gov.uk/regeneration.nsf/Wembley/LBB-149 (accessed Jan 2010).

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

Records of the Metropolitan Tower Construction Company, comprising minutes of General Meetings and minutes of Board Meetings.

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/MTCC/01: Minutes.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2009 to February 2010 Metropolitan Railway Company Metropolitan Tower Construction Company Company archives Recreational facilities Monuments Architecture Architectural monuments Restaurants Information sources Documents Business records Parks Open spaces Commercial premises Tea rooms Land use Gardens Cultural resources Cultural facilities Enterprises Companies Transport companies Wembley Middlesex England UK Western Europe Europe Brent London

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

Records of the Metropolitan Tower Construction Company, comprising minutes of General Meetings and minutes of Board Meetings.

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/MTCC/01: Minutes.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels