Former Samuel Fox's wire making facility
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Former Samuel Fox's wire making facility
Image: © Chris Morgan Taken: 21 Mar 2016
Opened in 1963 and still producing wire for the Bridon Group in 2011, but now boarded up and silent, with a single security man guarding the main gate. A very long and large works which can't have much of a future producing wire, or anything else. Demolition will probably come, but it may be many years before that can happen. The Barnsley Boundary Walk passes alongside, but the works are largely hidden behind trees.
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Image Location
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53.493163
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-1.629625