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lyndacoulter: Seen better times, hasn't it?
ernyskay: Fantastic!
squazle: @lyndacoulter yes it has, it's a historic building apparently, it has a blue plaque on it to say it was a donkeystone factory. I must look it up, I keep forgetting
squazle: Thank you very much my friend @ernyskay
squazle: Thanks Marianne @hosmarianne
squazle: I found this information on the Tameside.gov website under blue plaques.....The Blue Plaque situated on the bridge at Donkey Stone Wharf recognises Eli Whalley, whose firm was founded in the 1890's and was the last in the country to mass produce donkey stones.
Donkey stones are scouring stones, named after the trade-mark of one of the earliest firms, Reads of Manchester. They were originally used in the textile mills of Yorkshire and Manchester, to provide a non-slip surface on greasy stone staircases.
Eli Whalley's works were based on the old wharf of the Ashton and Peak Forest Canal and stone and salt were delivered by water. The large chunks of stone were crushed in a stone crusher, then mixed in the pan with cement, bleach and water. The pan was a grinding machine made by T.T. Crooks of Bolton in the 1890's and latterly powered by an electric motor. The pan itself was ten foot in diameter and contained two circular stones. @lyndacoulter
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#rsa_ladies #rsa_windows #rsa_doors #rsa_doorsandwindows #rsa_preciousjunk #royalsnappingartists #panacea4panache #beautyofrust #rustythursday #rust #rusty #nexus_nation #nexus_army #nexus_rustic
156 Likes on Instagram
10 Comments on Instagram:
lyndacoulter: Seen better times, hasn't it?
ernyskay: Fantastic!
squazle: @lyndacoulter yes it has, it's a historic building apparently, it has a blue plaque on it to say it was a donkeystone factory. I must look it up, I keep forgetting
squazle: Thank you very much my friend @ernyskay
squazle: Thanks Marianne @hosmarianne
squazle: I found this information on the Tameside.gov website under blue plaques.....The Blue Plaque situated on the bridge at Donkey Stone Wharf recognises Eli Whalley, whose firm was founded in the 1890's and was the last in the country to mass produce donkey stones.
Donkey stones are scouring stones, named after the trade-mark of one of the earliest firms, Reads of Manchester. They were originally used in the textile mills of Yorkshire and Manchester, to provide a non-slip surface on greasy stone staircases.
Eli Whalley's works were based on the old wharf of the Ashton and Peak Forest Canal and stone and salt were delivered by water. The large chunks of stone were crushed in a stone crusher, then mixed in the pan with cement, bleach and water. The pan was a grinding machine made by T.T. Crooks of Bolton in the 1890's and latterly powered by an electric motor. The pan itself was ten foot in diameter and contained two circular stones. @lyndacoulter