1854 : Wellington Street, Leeds - Hawksworth was the engineer for a development in Leeds which I had a connection with! The Leeds and Thirsk Railway built a depot along with other railway companies at Wellington Street, Leeds. Hawkshaw designed a masonry tower and mechanical equipment to raise wagons to connect the depot which was built on two levels to facilitate all of the various railway company interests. The site also had an engine shed which was a red-brick roundhouse complete with a centrally located turntable serving 20 stabling roads with pits for maintenance work. Also a half-round house was built on the same design with other warehousing and facilities to service the adjacent canal network. The half-round house became the No.1 production unit of Eurospace Furniture Packs Limited where I worked as their Quality and Projects Manager for a number of years, hence, I have an in-depth knowledge of its limitations as a high-volume furniture manufacturing plant. It was however, normally the most efficient plant of the four manufacturing sites, except for upon occasions when Leeds United lost at home! [695]