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Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge North Lanarkshire
by Garry Cornes
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The Summerlee Industrial Museum in Coatbridge has on display many exhibits from... (more)
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Salt Wagon and Boiler House, Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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The distinctive salt wagons, with their pitch roof, designed to drain rainwater... (more)
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Lion Salt Works, Pan House 3
by David Dixon
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A pan house was a lightly constructed timber shed covering a large iron salt pan... (more)
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The Boiling Pan Experience at the Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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A pan house was a lightly constructed timber shed covering a large iron salt pan... (more)
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Lion Salt Works, Behind the Bar at the Red Lion
by David Dixon
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Constructed in 1877, the Red Lion public house was originally part of a terraced... (more)
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Lion Salt Works Museum Building (Stove House 5)
by David Dixon
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The Lion Salt Works, Marston
by David Dixon
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A view looking south west from outside the museum building towards the... (more)
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Trent and Mersey Canal, Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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Looking across the canal towards the former Lion Salt Works (now preserved as a museum).
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Bradford Industrial Museum - first floor exhibition
by Stephen Craven
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The largest exhibition in the museum occupies the whole of the first floor and... (more)
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Lion Salt Works, Pan House 4 (unrestored)
by David Dixon
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A pan house was a lightly constructed timber shed covering a large iron salt pan... (more)
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Brine Pump, Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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The brine pump next to the engine house is of a type sometimes referred to as a... (more)
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Mechanical Guillotine and Smithy, Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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Most of the salt works’ buildings were made of metal; including the salt pans,... (more)
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Lion Salt Works, The Smithy
by David Dixon
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Most of the salt works’ buildings were made of metal; including the salt pans,... (more)
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External Salt Pan at the Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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Lion Salt Works, Brine Tank
by David Dixon
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Collapsed Brine Tank and Boiler, Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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Lion Salt Works, The Manger's Office
by David Dixon
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This late-19th century, timber-framed, brick building is a Grade II listed... (more)
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Red Lion Inn, The Lion Salt Works
by David Dixon
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Constructed in 1877, this was originally part of a terraced row of four houses... (more)
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Calderdale industrial Museum
by Chris Allen
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This museum has three carefully chosen stationary steam engines - beam engine,... (more)
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Bradford Industrial Museum at Moorside Mill
by Des Blenkinsopp
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"Moorside Mills was built around 1875 as a small worsted spinning Mill by... (more)
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Bradford Industrial Museum - Jowett cars
by Stephen Craven
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Just a few of the several models of Jowett cars, vans and other vehicles on... (more)
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Bradford Industrial Museum - substation
by Stephen Craven
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The mill would of course have bee steam powered originally (1875 was too late... (more)
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Bradford Industrial Museum - clock tower
by Stephen Craven
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The former Moorside Mill building, originally three stories with two added at... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: the resident cat
by Stephen Craven
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He may have a stern look (and is somewhat overweight, probably due to a diet of... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: mixing vat
by Stephen Craven
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One of a number of pieces of water-powered machinery restored to working order... (more)
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Square Works/Calderdale Industrial Museum - Halifax
by Chris Allen
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Some demolition has opened up a new vista of this brick built building to the... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: chimney
by Stephen Craven
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The chimney belongs with the main mill building, one of several grade 2* listed... (more)
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Moorside Mill, Bradford Industrial Museum
by Des Blenkinsopp
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"Moorside Mills was built around 1875 as a small worsted spinning Mill by... (more)
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Calderdale Industrial Museum - grand re-opening
by Chris Allen
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After 17 years this museum was re-opened under the auspices of the Calderdale... (more)
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Bursledon Brickworks Museum
by Richard Dorrell
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The Victorian brickworks closed in 1974 and became an industrial museum in 2007.... (more)
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Museum store
by Dave Pickersgill
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Behind the scenes at Kelham Island Industrial Museum, a range of stonework waits.
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Thwaite Mills: steam crane
by Stephen Craven
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Thwaite Mills: rock crusher
by Stephen Craven
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This item of plant crushed chunks of limestone down to a manageable size for the... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: archimedean screw
by Stephen Craven
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The horizontal screw carried crushed limestone to this bagging area.... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: workshops (1)
by Stephen Craven
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The waterwheels powered not only the main mill machinery but these machine... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: mill steps
by Stephen Craven
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Wooden steps within the mill, now closed off for safety - visitors use modern... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: diesel engine
by Stephen Craven
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A small diesel engine used as a backup when water power was unavailable.... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: belt drives
by Stephen Craven
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Not all the machinery was powered by direct drives (cogs and shafts). There are... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: mixer paddles
by Stephen Craven
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One of several pieces of original kit powered by the two waterwheels that have... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: launder channel
by Stephen Craven
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Thwaite Mills: limestone crushing
by Stephen Craven
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Limestone being crushed by a pair of water-powered edge-grinding stones.... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: bevel gears in motion
by Stephen Craven
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Both the waterwheels have been restored to working order; these gears are part... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: smaller waterwheel (2)
by Stephen Craven
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Both the waterwheels have been restored to working order. They are breast-shot... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: smaller waterwheel
by Stephen Craven
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Both the waterwhels have been restored t oworking order. They are breast-shot... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: stable block
by Stephen Craven
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One of several grade 2* listed buildings on the site (list entry 1313186).
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Thwaite Mills:main mill building
by Stephen Craven
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The east side of the main watermill building. One of several grade 2* listed... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: tailrace and workshop
by Stephen Craven
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The building to the left is the workshop. One of several grade 2* listed... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: drying room (south side)
by Stephen Craven
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This building is where the wet putty mix was spread out on the floor to dry,... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: drying room (north side)
by Stephen Craven
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This building is where the wet putty mix was spread out on the floor to dry,... (more)
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Thwaite Mills: putty making
by Stephen Craven
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A static tableau showing a wooden rate of newly crushed limestone about to be... (more)
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