This is my second report from the matlock area i was in a couple of months ago.
This one is a great way to spend a hour, had a mooch round here on a lovely warm day which is rare in england.
Again not a lot of pics just just a few pulled from lightroom for you all to look at.
The history is a pure copy and paste from member tarkovsky not sure if this is allowed but please shout up if so
Permanite were an Asphalt contractor based in Matlock. The process of creating asphalt involves the combination of aggregate, bitumen and sand.
‘The plant took powdered limestone, from several of the local quarries and mixed it with hot bitumen emulsion that was brought down from the refineries of Ellesmere port - this being a by product of the fuel oil refining process.
Mixed the tar / limestone solution was poured into metal moulds on the floor of the big shed and allowed to solidify, then the back breaking process of manually separating and stacking the cooled blocks could begin. I cant remember how many blocks were produced on each shift, but always remember the men that split and stacked these blocks worked incredibly hard.
During the late 80's part of the process was mechanised, from memory Permanite spent alot of money on a shiney new plant that would replace the labourers, but it kept breaking down. Eventually the whole operation was sold to a firm called Ruberoid.’
There are currently plans to build houses on the site.
This one is a great way to spend a hour, had a mooch round here on a lovely warm day which is rare in england.
Again not a lot of pics just just a few pulled from lightroom for you all to look at.
The history is a pure copy and paste from member tarkovsky not sure if this is allowed but please shout up if so
Permanite were an Asphalt contractor based in Matlock. The process of creating asphalt involves the combination of aggregate, bitumen and sand.
‘The plant took powdered limestone, from several of the local quarries and mixed it with hot bitumen emulsion that was brought down from the refineries of Ellesmere port - this being a by product of the fuel oil refining process.
Mixed the tar / limestone solution was poured into metal moulds on the floor of the big shed and allowed to solidify, then the back breaking process of manually separating and stacking the cooled blocks could begin. I cant remember how many blocks were produced on each shift, but always remember the men that split and stacked these blocks worked incredibly hard.
During the late 80's part of the process was mechanised, from memory Permanite spent alot of money on a shiney new plant that would replace the labourers, but it kept breaking down. Eventually the whole operation was sold to a firm called Ruberoid.’
There are currently plans to build houses on the site.
