Lymm Slitting Mill
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Lymm Slitting Mill
Image: © Dave Dunford Taken: 30 Jul 2015
Restored remains of a "slitting mill", used to produce narrow strips of metal, used in (e.g.) nailmaking. Opened by 1751, it was abandoned by 1825 and excavated by industrial archaeologists in the 1970s and again in 2005. Described as "the best surviving example of a slitting mill in the country".
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Image Location
Latitude
53.383199
Longitude
-2.480143