The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material

7°4 THE MECHANICAL HANDLING OF MATERIAL Name of Owner and Title of Granary. Material Used and Nature of Granary. Capacity. Qrs. Port of London Authority {continued)— Royal Victoria Docks Silo Silos of timber and steel 25,000 Surrey Commercial Dock Warehouses— North Side of Greenland Dock North Side of South Dock South Side of South Dock Floor granaries, built of timber „ „ built of brick n >> n •> 82,000 141,000 48,000 Transit Silos on the Thames - Silos of timber with concrete bottoms - - - - 32,000 Joseph Rank, Ltd.— Rank’s Grain Silos, Hull Silo warehouses 20,000 Rishworth, Ingleby, & Lofthouse— Granary Swan Flour Mills, Hull Sun Flour Mills Granary, Bromley-by-Bow - Silos of wood with iron hoppers - - - - Silos of timber 33,000 32,013 W. Vernon & Co.— Silos at Mersey Docks - Victoria Dock Silos - Hoppers of ferro-concrete 40,000 56,000 The above table is by no means complete; it contains only those granaries which are well known, and the information concerning which is common knowledge. On account of the present state of war it has been considered prudent and in the national interest to withhold the locality and capacity of all granary installations of more recent date.