3-053-457 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

New Owens College, Manchester, 1873. 'A portion of the new buildings at Greenheys, Oxford-road, Manchester, for the accommodation of this college, which was founded more than twenty years ago by the bequest of the late Mr. John Owens, has been completed and opened. The architect is Mr. Waterhouse...The new buildings have cost upwards of £100,000, and special attention has been bestowed upon the construction of the chemical laboratory, which is favourably compared with the great Government laboratories in Germany'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.