see “Looking back at Bollington” for full details. Stone cutting and dressing works for stone quarried from Tegs Nose along Kerridge Hill to Billinge
Categories: Industry
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Heaver’s brewery
See “looking back at Bollington” for full details. Mr Oldfield was chief brewer for Heaver Brothers. Premises previously a cotton spinning mill. Later a botling plant, and then burnt down. ended as Shrigley Dyers, and today is Dyers Close.
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Economiser near boiler and chimney, Clarence Mill
Greens Economiser. The economiser worked rather like a domestic radiator in reverse. As water passed through its pipes on the way to the boiler, the pipes were heated from the outside by exhaust gases from the boiler furnace. Fuel was saved because the water was already hot when it entered the boiler. The boiler supplied steam to the engine.
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Clarence mill extension
Craftsmen pose whilst building the extension to the Clarence Mill. See “Looking back at Bollington” for full details.
