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Slag blocks

Old industry remembered in this wall on Charlotte Street West in Macclesfield. The blocks are made from copper slag from the smelter that was operated in the town by Charles Roe's Macclesfield Copper Company in the later 18th century.

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Uploaded on April 25, 2025
Taken on March 11, 2007