Tone mill dye and finishing house..2015

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Mikeymutt

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This was the second visit of the day and by far the best one of the weekend..

The dye house which is situated just up the road from the main mill is where the wool and worstead went for the finishing..built in 1839 and gradually expanded it became the largest finishing house in the country..the building retains a lot of the original equipment and a lot of it is of a wooden construction...the whole dying system in there looks like it is driven by water.the water being diverted from the nearby river.

So was it worth the trip for these two mills.i certainly think so,tone mills now has a place in my heart and is in my top three UK explores,traditional works with machinery from both sites that are worth a lot of money.it is nice to see the sites virtually untouched too..this explore was right up my street with beautiful colours and light,and nature taking over the machinery.

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A beautiful set of images here, the blackboard in the first one showing exactly who was operating the machine when production stopped on 'Piece 71', I wonder who clock number 73 belonged to? This complex is probably the only location in the UK where one can see substantial remains of all three forms of power used to operate the mill - water, seam and electricity. Sadly historical value does not equate into vast amounts of 'coin of the realm' - unless this complex is restored in its entirety then only the scrap man would benefit. Sites like this were very common in the West Riding when I was a young lad and rather than bringing back nostalgic memories, they make me somewhat angry and serve as a reminder as to why the UK woollen industry went belly up. Mill owners thought shitty complexes like this, along with the dirty working conditions, could compete with the shiny stainless steel plants in the Far East. My wife's family were fully paid up members of this club and sadly when her father took over the business, empty coffers did not allow 100 year old looms to be replaced in order that the company could compete with the brand new Sultzer machines that were flooding the Italian textile industry.
 
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I was here a few weeks back myself and it didn't disappoint. Lovely stuff.
 
It is a fascinating place, apart from the machinery, what I remember most was the constant sound of running water, Nice One Mikey, Thanks
 

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