Covered conveyor belt at Darcast Crankshafts, Smethwick
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Covered conveyor belt at Darcast Crankshafts, Smethwick by John Brightley as part of the Geograph project.
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Covered conveyor belt at Darcast Crankshafts, Smethwick
Image: © John Brightley Taken: 18 Jun 2010
Seen from the Birmingham Canal. Darcast (http://www.darcast.com/ ) was founded in 1915 and market themselves as 'The world leading manufacturer of shell-moulded crankshafts'. Together with Incanite Foundries and Avery, there is quite a concentration of industry in this small part of Smethwick.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.498356
Longitude
-1.955176