A View of Hornsey circa 1860

Painted by George Reynold Gill. Anyone recognise what the industrial buildings are in the middle distance towards the left of the picture?

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Comment by Richard Woods on November 18, 2016 at 12:08: If the church is St Mary's then that could be the gas works? They were built in 1857. More here

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Comment by Hugh on December 4, 2017 at 15:08: I think the chimney might be a stench pipe from the Hornsey municipal yard where they used to incinerate rubbish.