Portmeirion Bottle Ovens
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Portmeirion Bottle Ovens
Image: © Phil Eptlett Taken: 29 Mar 2006
Old bottle ovens on the Portmeirion factory, Stoke on Trent. The pots were stacked inside in saggars and fired by coal causing the air to be black with smoke.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.00037
Longitude
-2.189195