Garton’s Glucose & the Battersea Smell
Garton’s Glucose factory was located on Battersea’s riverside from the 1880s. The source of the infamous ‘Battersea smell’, it was also the site of a tragic accident in 1899.
Orlando Jones & Co - Making Starch by the River
Orlando Jones & Company manufactured starch from a factory on Battersea’s riverside, next to Price’s Candle factory, for over 50 years.
