1. The History
Continuation of my earlier report on the Loxley Valley so please see HERE for a fuller history. Found a bit more info on the impact of the flood. The valley was badly hit by the Great Sheffield flood of 1864. Thomas Marshall & William Crapper, Clay & Brick Dealers, claimed £1,217 in insurance including the loss of 2,600 tons of clay and the loss of brick production for 26 weeks at 30,000 Bricks per week. Fire Brick Manufacturer Thomas Wragg’s losses were more modest at £560.
Looking over Thomas Wragg’s in the Loxley Valley:
Advert for Thomas Wragg’s:
2. The Explore and 3. Pictures
It’s such a big site that I decided to spread it over several reports. I’m going to cover everything apart from the main Hepworth’s factory and Claremont House in this report. The kilns factory is due south-east of the main factory. It is on the opposite side of the River Loxley of this section was demolished years ago, but there's still some of the long kilns remaining. In some ways this is more interesting than the other site as the long kilns are quite photogenic as is the iron roof supports. It’s an easy in now Bovis have given up on the site:
Yup – he’s been here:
Some half-decent graff too:
Crumbling long kiln:
An old works chart:
The electrics room:
All bathed in the winter morning sun:
Nearby, the work’s own water purification plant:
And another building pretty-well sealed up:
We did check one big factory down-stream, but it was, surprisingly, pretty well sealed up:
So, it was up the bank and into the woods behind the factory of the clay mine:
img4655 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img4654 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Loxley 21 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Loxley 24 by HughieDW, on Flickr
This old Colorquix piece was a nice surprise:
img4651 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img4652 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Continuation of my earlier report on the Loxley Valley so please see HERE for a fuller history. Found a bit more info on the impact of the flood. The valley was badly hit by the Great Sheffield flood of 1864. Thomas Marshall & William Crapper, Clay & Brick Dealers, claimed £1,217 in insurance including the loss of 2,600 tons of clay and the loss of brick production for 26 weeks at 30,000 Bricks per week. Fire Brick Manufacturer Thomas Wragg’s losses were more modest at £560.
Looking over Thomas Wragg’s in the Loxley Valley:
Advert for Thomas Wragg’s:
2. The Explore and 3. Pictures
It’s such a big site that I decided to spread it over several reports. I’m going to cover everything apart from the main Hepworth’s factory and Claremont House in this report. The kilns factory is due south-east of the main factory. It is on the opposite side of the River Loxley of this section was demolished years ago, but there's still some of the long kilns remaining. In some ways this is more interesting than the other site as the long kilns are quite photogenic as is the iron roof supports. It’s an easy in now Bovis have given up on the site:
Yup – he’s been here:
Some half-decent graff too:
Crumbling long kiln:
An old works chart:
The electrics room:
All bathed in the winter morning sun:
Nearby, the work’s own water purification plant:
And another building pretty-well sealed up:
We did check one big factory down-stream, but it was, surprisingly, pretty well sealed up:
So, it was up the bank and into the woods behind the factory of the clay mine:
This old Colorquix piece was a nice surprise:
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