Water wheel at Tone Mill
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Water wheel at Tone Mill
Image: © Noel Jenkins Taken: 22 Jan 2011
One of the aspects that make the Tone and Tonedale mill sites so interesting to industrial archeologists is that all aspects of the cloth making process (combing, spinning, weaving and finishing) took place in the same location. Fox Brothers continue to weave cloth in Wellington, but it has to be sent to Yorkshire for finishing. It seems a shame that the wet works of Tone Mill can't be reopened for this purpose given that it's a few 100 metres down the road!
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Image Location
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