| Firestone Tyre Factory | |
|---|---|
 1963 view of the factory | |
  Location within Greater London | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Brentford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°29′5.9″N 0°19′18.7″W / 51.484972°N 0.321861°W |
| Destroyed | August 1980 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Wallis, Gilbert and Partners |
The Firestone Tyre Factory was an Art Deco building on the Great West Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. It was designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.[1] Built on a 26–acre site, it opened in October 1928[2][3] and was the second factory to open on the Great West Road, following Hudson-Essex Motors of Great Britain Limited which opened in 1927.[4][5]
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listedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "25 years on – the end of Firestone (From Richmond and Twickenham Times)". Richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. (17 October 1928). "FIRESTONE, IN AKRON, ADDRESSES LONDONERS - Tire Manufacturer Uses Radio for Speech at Opening of New Factory. - Article". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "The Great West Road Then & Now | Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society". brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), Heston and Isleworth: Economic and social history, pages 114–119. Retrieved 17 October 2013.