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These photographs were taken between December 1998 and July 1999 . During this time the factory was already starting to be dismantled. The captions may not be fully comprehensive. If you have any additions please let us know! Click on a picture for a closer look. |
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Looking down the blue shop showing presses for Copperas cleaning above. | The screws. | The Hoesch Press. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Effluent lime plant discharging into an Agrivert truck. This went for land-spreading and is environmentally friendly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Another view of the Hoesch Press. | Copperas mixing tank. | Cuss Press for water treatment.Here the ferrous sulphate crystals (Copperas) were filtered. Chalk was added to raise the pH in order to drop out any impurities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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One of the aeration vats where the seed was made, taken from above. Here it had already been taken out of service and the pipes had been cut off. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A view from the lime plant to the end of the blue shop, storage tanks on the left. | Superstrong vat made of GRP, where ferrous sulphate crystals were mixed with liquor to form a suspension. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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An iron pit where steel would have been stored. | The agitator in the vat. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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