Aqueduct Mill, Marple Material

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Title

Aqueduct Mill, Marple Material

Description

Material relating to Aqueduct Mill, Marple :
(a) Typed notices of sales by auction:-
1864 by the assignees of the owner of the Power Loom Manufacturer, a bankrupt, the whole of the machinery, office fixtures, stables, etc. at the Aqueduct Mill, Marple
1865 Marple Bone-Dust Glue and Size Company, the whole of their nearly new plant including bone mill, edge rollers, disintegrator, cisterns and a travelling crane.
(b) 1964-1969 original black and white photograph showing an adhesive laminator for "Marfoam" used for bonding the face fabric to an acetate lining. Information on the reverse of the photograph from Chas Moore 1995.
(c) 1998 Newspaper report of "Toxic cloud 'fear' after huge blaze" at Atochem UK Limited at Aqueduct Mill, Marple. Although the factory made Polycol PVC compounds there were no plastic raw materials involved but more than 200 tonnes of additives were destroyed.
(d) 1994 Estate Agent, Lambert Smith Hampton, details of sale of Aqueduct Mill works and surrounding 24 acres together with site and location plans. This comprised an industrial complex at £135,000, Green Belt land at £50,000 making a total purchase price of £175,000.

Date

Reviewed AB 02/2024

Identifier

MRS/05/025
Louiset

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Citation

“Aqueduct Mill, Marple Material,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, http://marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/archives/items/show/2492.

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