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Wharf, Rotherhithe Street.
Further progress has been made during the year in the work of adapting the premises
at Bull Head Dock and Victoria Oil Mills for the use of the Vestry as a Depot and wharf.
The contract of Messrs. H. Knight & Son, of Tottenham, N., for the house, office, store,
blacksmith and wheelwright's shop, steam roller shed and cart shed with shelter over, was
completed on the 1st May, 1897, and accepted by the Vestry, the settledup accounts
including all variations, additions and deductions, amounting to £2234 12s. 3d., or
£8 5s. 3d. more than the amount of tender as accepted; the whole of the buildings are
substantially built in stock brickwork with red brick arches and oversailing courses, and
give the following accommodation:—
House— Ground floor: parlor, 12 ft. by 12 ft.
kitchen, 10 ft. 6 in. by 9 ft. 6 in.
scullery, 10 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft. G in.
First floor: 3 bedrooms of the same sizes as the ground floor
rooms.
Office— 12 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in. with large window facing the weighing
machine, and overlooking the wharf.
Store— Ground and first floors: 16 ft. by 14 ft. 6 in.
Wheelwright's Shop— 16 ft. 9 in. by 17 ft.
Blacksmith— 19 ft. by 14 ft. 9 in., in which is placed a most
improved pattern of forge with overhanging
bellows.
Steam Roller Shed— 21 ft. by 15 ft., with doors at either end so that the
roller can enter from street or wharf. An
engine pit has been constructed in the centre of
the shed so as to facilitate tho examination of
the bottom of the firebox.