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Statue of the Duke of Wellington, Woolwich

1848 sculpturesGrade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of GreenwichGrade II listed statues in LondonOutdoor sculptures in LondonStatues of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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The statue of the Duke of Wellington is a statue in Portland stone at the centre of the eponymous Wellington Park in the former Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, London. It is Grade II listed as of July 1997. The Duke of Wellington, considered as one of the two defenders of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars, is depicted in a number of memorials throughout the nation in general and London in particular. The statue that now stands in Woolwich was originally placed in the Tower of London, recognising the Duke's ceremonial post as Constable of the Tower. It was moved to Woolwich in 1863, where it now represents his post of Master-General of the Ordnance. It was moved to its current site in 1974 and was ceremoniously unveiled by the Prince of Wales, the future Charles III, in 2005 to mark the 200th anniversary of the Royal Arsenal.

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Statue of the Duke of Wellington, Woolwich
Hastings Street, Greater London Plumstead (Royal Borough of Greenwich)

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Hastings Street
SE18 6SY Greater London, Plumstead (Royal Borough of Greenwich)
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Auto Stacker

The Auto Stacker, also known as Autostacker, was an ambitious but ill-fated automated parking system in Woolwich, South East London in the early 1960s. The project was initiated by Woolwich Borough Council but failed to work and was demolished in 1965–66. The Auto Stacker was an automated system for parking cars, and effectively an automated multi-storey car park, using a combination of conveyor belts, lifts and dollies to move vehicles from ground level to one of 256 car park spaces. It was situated above a car showroom, workshop and petrol station on Beresford Street, on the site of the former Empire Theatre. Being situated along the A206 road, close to Woolwich market (Beresford Square) and the town's main shopping street (Powis Street), it was thought that the Auto Stacker, along with the introduction of parking meters, would solve the town's parking problems.The eight-storey Auto Stacker was designed by T. and P. Braddock and built by Mitchell Engineering Company, in collaboration with Shell-Mex & BP. It was built in 1960–61 at a cost of £100,000. It was constructed more or less simultaneously with the comparable Zidpark at Southwark Bridge, a private enterprise. The Woolwich Auto Stacker was officially opened by Princess Margaret on 11 May 1961. At the opening ceremony, the demonstration vehicle got stuck and had to be manhandled in. The mechanism failed to work that evening for Fyfe Robertson's Tonight television show, and the Auto Stacker never functioned properly; it was abandoned within months in 1961 and a few years later demolished at a cost of £60,000.