John Taylor's Bell Foundry, Loughborough
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John Taylor's Bell Foundry, Loughborough
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 30 Aug 2022
The casting shop with various furnaces and bell moulds. The two gentlemen on the right towards the back were working on the inscription on a couple of bells. The big lifting metal door in the centre background is the drying oven where moulds (inner and outer) are dried. The moulds are lined by loam and they are buried in a sandpit for the actual casting. The whole establishment has a Victorian feel.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.773083
Longitude
-1.198631