Oliver's Mill, Newport Lane, Burslem
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Oliver's Mill, Newport Lane, Burslem
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 1 Aug 2010
This is still a working mill producing raw material for the pottery industry. It retains three preserved calcining kilns,one of bottle form. this is used for calcining stone or bone and not for firing pots (there appears to be confusion as to what's a bottle oven and what's not).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.036303
Longitude
-2.203371