Explored with Dweeb, Raddog and Rooks.
Originally designed as the Seggie Distillery by William Haig in 1810, it was converted to a paper mill in 1873. The mill closed without warning to the employees at midday, 23rd July 2008.
Despite parking 'miles away' etc etc...
The mill...
The first building we came to was the powerhouse...
The ground floor was no big deal.. Imagine our surprise when we went up the stairs to see this beast...
We've seen plants this big, but usually they have been concealed by levels of floors, this however was more visible.
At the top, there was the worlds most contrasting wheel...
and more pipey, asbestos-clad goodness...
Looking down...
The coal hopper was pretty amazing as well...
Next stop was the effluent house. It's had a modernisation or two...
Pictures of the founders maybe...
and a working model of an unknown process...
So, we made our way through stripped out stores and processes, and eventually came accross this... an intact production line...
We've done quite a few paper mills now, and never seen one. The mills we saw on this trip really helped us to understand the paper making process.
And what's just around the corner, another much older line getting stripped out...
and it's associated offices...
and these really shouldn't have been left behind eh?...
A good explore, thanks to all involved
Originally designed as the Seggie Distillery by William Haig in 1810, it was converted to a paper mill in 1873. The mill closed without warning to the employees at midday, 23rd July 2008.
Despite parking 'miles away' etc etc...
The mill...
The first building we came to was the powerhouse...
The ground floor was no big deal.. Imagine our surprise when we went up the stairs to see this beast...
We've seen plants this big, but usually they have been concealed by levels of floors, this however was more visible.
At the top, there was the worlds most contrasting wheel...
and more pipey, asbestos-clad goodness...
Looking down...
The coal hopper was pretty amazing as well...
Next stop was the effluent house. It's had a modernisation or two...
Pictures of the founders maybe...
and a working model of an unknown process...
So, we made our way through stripped out stores and processes, and eventually came accross this... an intact production line...
We've done quite a few paper mills now, and never seen one. The mills we saw on this trip really helped us to understand the paper making process.
And what's just around the corner, another much older line getting stripped out...
and it's associated offices...
and these really shouldn't have been left behind eh?...
A good explore, thanks to all involved
