Empty Factory
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Empty Factory by Paul McIlroy as part of the Geograph project.
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Empty Factory
Image: © Paul McIlroy Taken: 5 Mar 2007
The American company Lexmark produced printer cartridges here ten years. In 2006 they decided that the plant was uneconomical, so they closed it down and 700 people were out of work. The factory now stands empty and waiting for a new tenant.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.036026
Longitude
-3.435077