Melton Waste Company, Broughton Brickworks
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Melton Waste Company, Broughton Brickworks
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 19 Nov 1994
Derelict brickworks in use as a scrapyard. When we were there the ground showed surveyor's marks for redevelopment and it is now an housing estate. The flooded claypit is now a large "water feature". The stationary steam engine was removed for preservation elsewhere.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.52236
Longitude
-1.212927