Factories etc. - when did roller doors become common?

[john new]

Most old factories, goods shed facilities etc., seem to have (had) their doors either hinged or sliding. Most modern built one's have roller doors or perhaps an up and over if a smaller building or garage. Does anyone know roughly when the former stopped being commonly fitted to new build and the latter style began to be substituted? I know our house had an up and over door by the early 1970s but, even today, there are many older garages around with wooden doors.

 

One of those things I've not really considered before but is presumably, to those who know, scenically as big a faux-pas as putting a blue diesel on a rake of PO wagons.

 

Any guidance welcomed as I am beginning to think about the buildings to be part of the layout's backscene/end panel..

Edited April 10, 2019 by john new
Typos corrected

[Fat Controller]

Roller-shutter doors were commonplace by the early 1970s in places like steel-works loading bays.

[spikey]

The first one I remember seeing was on a (road) loading bay at a chemical works on the Humber bank in 1962-3.

[Oldddudders]

I do wonder if companies like Bostwick had shutters that worked vertically, as well as the common horizontal versions widespread in public transport. They go back a century. 

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Roller shutter doors get complicated, there are many different designs of interlocked slats, some due to patent issues, some in response to natural development, so if you want to be truly correct pick the correct style and manufacturer for your period.

 

Mike.

[john new]

Thanks for the above responses, they give a good guide.

 

If going steam era (pre-1968), roller doors unlikely.  Post steam a mix, with rollers on any newer buildings. 

[Enterprisingwestern]

4 hours ago, john new said:

Thanks for the above responses, they give a good guide.

 

If going steam era (pre-1968), roller doors unlikely.  Post steam a mix, with rollers on any newer buildings. 

 

A good rule of thumb IMHO.

 

Mike.

 

 

[Mark Saunders]

Cambois depot was built new with these which opened in 1968.

[The Johnster]

Canton diesel depot had them from opening in 1962.