imerys

History There is very little history available online on the china clay works here but I'll do my best. The site was established around the middle of the 19th century to process china clay, quarried from the pits to the south. There were several early pan-kilns in use at the site until the years...

so here i share my visit to a china clay plant in plympton all these photos are from various dates because ive been there about 50 times probably. a little history on site- the site opened in the 1900's and it closed in 2008 due to it not being needed it was planned it reopen at some date until...

History The china clay works at Marsh Mills were begun in the early years of the twentieth century when a large pan-kiln was constructed to dry the china clay which was brought down from the clay pits at Lee Moor by pipeline. A pan-kiln is a primitive form of drying liquid china clay by a...

Ok so heres is my explore of the old imerys clay factory i will try to give some details there isnt much history about this place BUT there is a few old pictures. now onto the explore i have been here like 7 times now and took as many photos as possible i couldnt go in the other factorys at the...

The old Imerys down marsh mills (plymouth) , Beware there is security on site

I couldn’t find a great deal online talking about the history of the site but I did get this: The Clay Factory originally started life as a china clay works at the turn of the 1900’s – the clay was pumped down to the site from Dartmoor for drying and processing before being transported by train...

So third visit - first no camera and at night, second got caught. But it's all good now, a great walk in explore. Although that may have been the perfect weather and all of the Deer. Couldn't find much history, I believe the site shut down 2010. Many of the larger buildings would have housed...

Great Carclaze China Clay Works Quarry, Cornwall (Imerys) August 2013 Have walked along side this quarry for years but only just decided to go and have a look whats beyond the fence. Great Carclaze China Clay Works: These clay pit have been running from around 1966 onwards, moving from...

Ok this is my first report so go easy lol. I have been looking around this site since about christmas time. I first went when we were having loads of snow and the entire place was covered in ice, which made exploring this site for the first time slightly more eventfull. I have been to this...