Industrial buildings: The Stenders, Mitcheldean
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Industrial buildings: The Stenders, Mitcheldean
Image: © Dylan Moore Taken: 21 Sep 2008
This small industrial estate is on the site of the Mitcheldean cement plant, which functioned between 1885 and 1915. The current 1:10,000 map shows the old plant's stack, but this is clearly now gone - it should be mid-view. The plant obtained limestone from the quarry over the road at SO65951830. For more details, see http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_mitcheldean.html.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.86421
Longitude
-2.496614