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Oliver's Mill site - calcining bottle ovens on Newport Lane 



Oliver's Mill site - calcining bottle ovens on Newport Lane
Oliver's Mill site - calcining bottle ovens on Newport Lane 
This is the Trent & Mersey Canal - just at the point of the junction with the Burslem Branch Canal

 

site of the former Burslem Branch Canal
site of the former Burslem Branch Canal 

 


the mill sits right on the bank of the canal for easy transport of the raw and finished material

 

Potteries Preservation Trust - Bottle Oven Conservation Scheme
Potteries Preservation Trust - Bottle Oven Conservation Scheme 

 

the 'hovel' (outer skin) of the round calcining kiln
the 'hovel' (outer skin) of the round calcining kiln 

The HOVEL acts as a chimney; taking away the smoke, creating air flow and 
protecting the oven inside from the weather and uneven draughts.

 

the steel 'bonts' strengthen the oven as it expands and contracts during the firing
the steel 'bonts' strengthen the oven as it expands and contracts during the firing 

 

the Square calcining kiln alongside Newport Lane
the square calcining kiln alongside Newport Lane

 

 

 

FLINT & STONE GRINDERS.

Furlong Mills Co.,Ltd., Furlong-lane

Goodwin's Mills Co ., Middleport Mill, Bridge-street

Hammersley.; Geo., Brownhills Mill,Chester-street

Oliver and Sons, Longport Mills, Trubshaw Cross

Malkin, Thomas, Flint Works, Newport-lane

North Staffordshire Pulverising Co., Newport-lane, Middleport

 

from: 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'
(the year before Oliver & Sons built this new calcining works on Newport Lane)

 

1898 map showing Newport Lane and the canal system
1898 map showing Newport Lane and the canal system

 

The Trent & Mersey canal runs along the bottom of the map and fromtop to bottom runs the Burslem canal.

The North Staffordshire Pulverising Co. mill is shown in blue and the Thomas Malkin flint works was
contained in the Newport Pottery shown in green.

The red circle is the location of the Oliver mill which was yet to be built.

 

 

 

1907 advert for the Oliver Longport Flint Mill 
1907 advert for the Oliver Longport Flint Mill
jut before the Newport Lane works was built 

 

 

 


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Related pages 


Goodwin's Mill Co. Middleport Mill 

Malkin's Newport Pottery, Burslem

Waterfront - The Middleport-Longport length of the Trent and Mersey Canal is the most historic, interesting and exciting stretch of waterside in the city. 


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