Thought I'd have a look on the other side of the road where the greaseworks and laboratory were.
I knew the roof had been off for ages. So wasn't expecting much.......... I wasn't wrong.........
This small piece of history is taken from an English Heritage report:
The firm also had to deal with high levels of water pollution created by cloth finishing and dyeing.
The contaminated water from the scouring machines was treated in a grease works by adding acid, converting the soapy effluent into a lanolin grease which had a commercial value. Solid contaminants were removed using a system of filtration tanks.
Waste material was originally simply spread onto the surrounding meadows, but by the 1870's a grease works was located close to the main site.
This was replaced by a new boiler house added in 1884.
The new larger grease works was built from 1882 across the road to the east of the site.
After Fox Brothers lost a major legal case concerning their pollution of the river in 1893, this was
greatly enlarged, with two rows of filter tanks alongside the river by the 1920's
Not a great deal to see, but here are the photos.....
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Not sure if this part of the works has been covered before?
I can see why
Thanks for looking.
I knew the roof had been off for ages. So wasn't expecting much.......... I wasn't wrong.........
This small piece of history is taken from an English Heritage report:
The firm also had to deal with high levels of water pollution created by cloth finishing and dyeing.
The contaminated water from the scouring machines was treated in a grease works by adding acid, converting the soapy effluent into a lanolin grease which had a commercial value. Solid contaminants were removed using a system of filtration tanks.
Waste material was originally simply spread onto the surrounding meadows, but by the 1870's a grease works was located close to the main site.
This was replaced by a new boiler house added in 1884.
The new larger grease works was built from 1882 across the road to the east of the site.
After Fox Brothers lost a major legal case concerning their pollution of the river in 1893, this was
greatly enlarged, with two rows of filter tanks alongside the river by the 1920's
Not a great deal to see, but here are the photos.....
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
Not sure if this part of the works has been covered before?
I can see why
Thanks for looking.
