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Tone Mills, Somerset. Feb '13

Perjury Saint

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TONE MILLS

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Tone Works was the dyeing and finishing works established by Fox Brothers and Co of Tonedale Mills, Wellington, at the confluence of the River Tone and the Back Stream . The site is shown on the Tithe map of 1839, and the works was enlarged and altered over the next 80 years. In 1912 the site was described as having ' perhaps the largest Indigo Dye House in England' The site continued in production until the 1990's.

Tone Works is a near- complete example of a C19 cloth dyeing and finishing works, which developed between c.1830 and c.1920. It retains all of the component structures associated with the dyeing and finishing of worsted and woollen cloths, together with the machinery and fittings required for those processes Tone Works in its present form is an exceptional survival in a national context, not only for the completeness of the building complex , but also for the survival of its machinery, water management system and power generation plant.

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Sometimes you visit a site which is like stepping back in time. This is one of those places!

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Ta for looking... :)

 
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Shush

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Wow, that's fantastic, I love the thistle heads on the machine, wow, wow, and wow

 
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nice 1 mate looks like good explore , love them old machines their awesome :cool2:

 

Lara

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That is amazing!

 

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Another cracking report,Thanks for sharing mate love the work :)

 

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I never tire of seeing this place,nice photographs mate

 

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That's a cracker mate some really good pics there (y)

Cheers for posting good sir :beer:

 

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Now that is bloody mint, stonking pics, so much detail I can see the wood grain, I think I'd actually travel to see this !

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Wow, that's fantastic, I love the thistle heads on the machine, wow, wow, and wow
That was my favourite bit, apparently its called a teasel, they used it to raise the nap on cloth... :)

 

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Looks like a cool place, will have to pay it a visit soon :) xxx

 
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