Henry Venables, Castletown Sawmills, Stafford
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Henry Venables, Castletown Sawmills, Stafford
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 26 Jun 1993
Now an housing estate. This was a hardwood sawmills that supplied the wood for Portcullis House, Westminster and apparently went bust in the process. This is part of the sawdust burning plant that supplied steam to a Belliss & Morcom steam engine that generated at least some of the power required on site.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.808976
Longitude
-2.130506