E. R. Burtt limeworks Burtt & Sons


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# Burgess Park, Albany Road Standing at this corner of Burgess Park, you're standing where E.R. Burtt transformed the landscape of London's building trade when he founded his pioneering lime works here in 1816. The kilns that once roared with heat on this very spot performed an essential alchemy—co...
Location
Burgess Park, Albany Road
Inscription
Kilns were built to turn limestone with the fossils it contained into the quick lime that was used in mortar for building. The lime works of E.R. Burtt were founded here in 1816.