The Townsend Enterprise Park, at the Falls end of Townsend Street, was formerly the site of the Soho Foundry, established by brothers James and Robert Shipboy MacAdam, making (among other things, including scutching machines) large turbines for export across the world – “the largest steam-engine ever made in Ireland” (at 62″ in diameter) went to the Nile in Egypt in 1848 (Grace’s | Grace’s). The river portrayed is the Farset, which gives Belfast its name, and which can still be seen in the Park; the vast majority of the Farset had been paved over by 1848 (BBC).
This new mural on the wall of the Enterprise Park recalls the area’s industrial past. By Imogen Donegan (ig) with support from Daisy Chain (web).
See also My Da Was A Pigeon Man.
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