Pyroninja
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Visited this place for the first time a few years ago, needless to say the rate at which it has decayed has increased exponetially due to the elements and with the aid of the local scum and pikeys...Returned earlier this year and again in June.
Stoddards came about in the 1860's with by a Mr.Arthur Francis Stoddard, a silk merchant from Massachusetts and started producing Paisley pattern carpets after aquiring a mill from brothers, John and Robert Ronald. By the 1870's he was producing rugs and stair pads with his own bad ass patented anti moth linings. By 1890 they had moved on to tapestry and full scale carpet production.
In 2004 the company closed two plants and moved all its business here to the Kilmarnock site, mounting losses led to recievers being called in but this wasn't enough to save the site.
It closed January 2005.
For the aquatic explorers out there you can find some of Stoddards carpets lining D Deck on RMS Titanic, the deck which was home to the first class dining room and the grand staircase seen in the film is to be found.
Anyway...pictures : )
External
Factory Floor
Loom
The Bog
Ventilation
Mess
Lab
The air craft hangar : )
Plant room
Ground Floor
On site power station
1st Floor
Funky Rug
Stairwell
This was a fork at one point...
The diggers have just recently moved in : (
Stoddards came about in the 1860's with by a Mr.Arthur Francis Stoddard, a silk merchant from Massachusetts and started producing Paisley pattern carpets after aquiring a mill from brothers, John and Robert Ronald. By the 1870's he was producing rugs and stair pads with his own bad ass patented anti moth linings. By 1890 they had moved on to tapestry and full scale carpet production.
In 2004 the company closed two plants and moved all its business here to the Kilmarnock site, mounting losses led to recievers being called in but this wasn't enough to save the site.
It closed January 2005.
For the aquatic explorers out there you can find some of Stoddards carpets lining D Deck on RMS Titanic, the deck which was home to the first class dining room and the grand staircase seen in the film is to be found.
Anyway...pictures : )
External
Factory Floor
Loom
The Bog
Ventilation
Mess
Lab
The air craft hangar : )
Plant room
Ground Floor
On site power station
1st Floor
Funky Rug
Stairwell
This was a fork at one point...
The diggers have just recently moved in : (
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