Tag : Manufacture

TG Greens Pottery Works, Derbyshire

T. G. Green’s Pottery, Derbyshire

T. G. Green’s produced the Cornishware range of kitchenware at their Pottery in Derbyshire. The striped design is still produced today but the original factory closed in 2007.

SM Steel Works, Belgium

S.M. Steel Works, Belgium

A modern steel works in Belgium that has only recently closed. Lights, computers and machines still operate around the site.

British Celanese, Chemical Factory, Derby

British Celanese – Chemical Works, Spondon, UK

British Celanese was a chemical plant in Spondon near Derby, UK, specialising in cellulose acetate fabrics, nylon based material and vinyl acetate. The factory closed in 2012.

Robert Fletchers Paper Mill, Oldham

Robert Fletcher & Sons Paper Mill, Oldham, UK

Robert Fletcher’s and Son’s was a paper mill in Oldham. The mill closed down over night 13 years ago and everything has been left how it was.

Spillers Millennium Mills London

Spillers Millennium Mills, London

Millennium Mills is a large abandoned flour mill on Royal Victoria Dock, London. Built at the turn of the 20th century, the building is the last remaining of it’s era in the area.

Ford Plant, Swaythling, Southampton

Ford Transit Van Factory, Southampton

The Ford Plant in Swaythling, Southampton produced Transit Vans from 1965 until it’s closure in 2013. The automated production lines feature lots of cool robots!

Zeche M Heinz Bergwerk Coal Mine, Germany

Bergwerk West Friedrich-Heinrich, Germany

Zeche M / Zeche Heinz is the above-ground coal processing complex of an abandoned coal mine in Germany.

Usine Cellatex, France

Usine Cellatex, Givet, France

Cellatex was a factory that specialised in the production of artificial silk. The company headquarters were based in the administration block of the premises.

Globe Worsted Mills

Globe Worsted Mills, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield

Globe Mills were built in 1887-9 by the newly established Globe Worsted company of Slaithwaite in the Clone Valley near Huddersfield. The site is now being redeveloped.

Shoreham Cement Works

Shoreham Cement Works, West Sussex

Shoreham Works was established in 1883 to produce cement. The first ever Vickers Armstrong design of rotary kiln was installed in 1940s. The site closed in 1991.