Thank you for sharing this. I didn't know it was there, but I have always been curious about the clock tower as I passed through. Presumably the market road pitches were also once covered by the site? From the perspective of that etching the pitches would be in the foreground of that picture now.
I think there was a variety of different buildings. Livestock pens, market halls, slaughterhouses etc.. massive site, over 20 acres I think. it was built to take live animals when it became impractical to have them at Smithfield’s, about 1850
Thank you for sharing this. I didn't know it was there, but I have always been curious about the clock tower as I passed through. Presumably the market road pitches were also once covered by the site? From the perspective of that etching the pitches would be in the foreground of that picture now.