Stonebridge Mills,
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Stonebridge Mills,
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 May 2023
This complex has been part demolished and part converted to dwelling with some of the original features retained. The red object on the wall is the end of a wagon boiler that was inverted to act as a water tank. I am not sure how much original material remains or if it extends behind the wall as it did. The flywheel in the arched steel structure by the entrance is all that remains of a vertical single cylinder steam engine. The sorry remains of another are by the base of the chimney and just consist of part buried driven pumps. The tower with the water tank on top is now standing isolated as a result of demolition around it and the aerial photograph of work in progress suggest some of the buildings have been rebuilt from the ground up. Much of the site is under new housing that is still being constructed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.791611
Longitude
-1.613493