Gladstone Pottery Museum - slip room

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The photograph on this page of Gladstone Pottery Museum - slip room by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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Gladstone Pottery Museum - slip room

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 9 Feb 2013

This is adjoining the engine house and the machinery would have been steam driven. This is where the clay is prepared and turned into a liquid form - slip - suitable for turning into ware. The machinery is driven by lineshafting and includes a blunger and a pump. The magnet that is visible is to remove particles of magnetic metal from the slip. The blunger was made by Wm Boulton of Burslem - a noted name in the potteries.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.986784
Longitude
-2.13134