SO8276 : Boiler house - Brinton's Slingfield Mill, Kidderminster
taken 32 years ago, near to Blakebrook, Worcestershire, England
Boiler house - Brinton's Slingfield Mill, Kidderminster
This was a real treat in 1991 - a working boiler house with mechanical stoking of coal into super-Lancashire boilers. Absolutely gorgeous and the only super-Lancashires I ever saw. The site has now been redeveloped as part of Kidderminster town centre. It was a good way to spend a Saturday morning in December (I prefer it to Xmas shopping).
SO8276 : Slingfield Mill Remains of Brinton's carpet factory. There was a more modern group of buildings nearby with a tall round chimney servicing "Super-Lancashire" boilers with mechanical stokers. There was also a disused steam turbine-alternator set. I had a very enjoyable Saturday morning there in the 1990s.