1853 – W. & R. Jacob & Co.’s Biscuit Factory, Bishop Street, Dublin
The massive factory developed over several years for W. & R. Jacob & Co, who moved their small bakery from Waterford to Dublin.
The massive factory developed over several years for W. & R. Jacob & Co, who moved their small bakery from Waterford to Dublin.
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Originally intended to be linked to the buildings on either side by an “arcaded screen,”
Opened in May 1853 when McSwiney, Delany and Co. opened ‘The New or Palatial Mart’ opposite the General Post Office.
Built for Standard Life Assurance, the former National Irish branch on O’Connell Street has a striking pediment sculpted by Sir John Steele.
The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland.
A long galleried shop, probably reminiscent of similar constructed in London at this time. The facade notable for its three-storied window.
A single-storey Italianate style railway station, built 1853, with three-bay central limestone entrance porch flanked by advanced pedimented single-bays.
Opened in 1842 by the Dublin & Kingstown Railway Company, with further works in 1854,
Built in 1854 “in the greek style” by Patrick Byrne and later extended by W.H.
The original Dundrum station built by William Dargan in 1854 behind the modern Luas halt. This was the station closest to Dargan’s home at Mount Annville and he was a regular user.
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