Ruskin Mill - Nailsworth
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Ruskin Mill - Nailsworth
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 27 Oct 2013
Former textile mill that is now a college. It has been extensively altered but has retained some of its industrial 'feel'. The pediment has been rebuilt and the cupola is new with a bell cast at the mill. There is also a waterwheel, relocated from Devon, and a microhydropower plant that I missed. The mill has variously been called Millbottom Mill, Great Mill and Leather Stiffner Works. It became Ruskin Mill in 1982 when it was reconstructed as craft workshops. In addition to its textile past it has been a corn mill, leather stiffner works and dyeworks.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.689722
Longitude
-2.223023