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This is a medium sized factory with towers, silos, kilns, compressors, switch gear, labs, offices and stores.

Parking is possible on the A25. We have bumped into people from the houses and they have just given a nod, they don't seem fussed.

There is an adjacent rubbish tip which is open a lot of the time, and you can be seen easily.

Walk down to the plant, the office and lab block is on the right, with the Cane Hill style fence there. The gate is open though. Not that interesting a building.

The main plant is further down. It is kind of like a mini-Shoreham, with the kilns and silos. Part of the building is still in use for storing stuff, but it is sectioned off. Good views from the top of the tower.

There is a seperate stores building which has a remarkable amount of stuff remaining.

Several other small buildings and portakabins are about, though aren't very interesting.

There is a further part of the site with the chimneys that we didn't get the chance to look round.

Well worth a visit.

Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybergibbons/sets/1532729/
 
Fullers Earth Works

Hello again everybody, following on from our Beedingwood visit me and bones hit Fullers Earth Works. We've both been before and has been posted before, BUT we had a little look in the out buildings, which much to both our surprise had some really great decay and light that just had to be photographed. Again feel free to move this to the appropriate place if need be, bare with me. Thanks. Indy.

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Re: Fullers Earth Works

Cool! It's a nice place Fullers, there's a lot crammed into it for its size. I see its twin towers from the train on the way into Croydon, keep meaning to pop back up there.

JD
 
thanks guys...yep not much has changed...nice chilled out explore, but like I say those out buildings were extremly photogenic, I liked them more than the actual main buliding just because of the exposure range, colours and shifting light patterns, we were both surprised, because from the outside they just look like completly trashed uninspiring buildings, BUT when you get inside them...well the pics say more than my words can...really nice surprise..Indy
 
They're great photos Indy, very atmospheric :)
 
Nice little report mate. I agree that the outbuildings were well worth the attention we gave them.

Photos were good and what you have done to them is also very good
 
By the way, what is Fullers earth? and its not just earth dug up by Fuller.

Marked-man
 
marked-man;13215; said:
By the way, what is Fullers earth? and its not just earth dug up by Fuller.

Marked-man

From Wikipedia:
The name reflects the first use of the material. In past centuries, fullers (q.v.) kneaded fuller's earth and water into woollen cloth to absorb lanolin, oils, and other greasy impurities as part of the cloth finishing process.

Fuller's earth was also sold in pharmacies until recently for compressing pills and it is sometimes used by crane operators and their oilers to absorb grease and oil off the brake bands on the winches to make them function properly.

Fuller's earth is also used by military forces to clean soldiers who are contaminated with chemical weapons.

It also finds use in special effects when simulating explosions. Fine-grained fuller's earth makes a much larger plume than ordinary dirt, suggesting a larger explosion and allowing a smaller, safer charge to be used.

Important uses are in absorbents and filters. Because of this, fuller's earth is sometimes found in cat litter.

Personally, i had only heard of it in use for cat litter, but it seems far more versatile for a variety of perculiar things.
 

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