Date:October 1964
Description:The courtyard of Edwards' Bucknall Flint Mill on Ruxley Road. On the left is a pile of Cornish stone (or China stone) ready for smashing and grinding by the stone crusher alongside. About 1747 it was discovered that Cornish stone mixed with china clay would form a porcelain body. Cornish stone is party weathered granite. The mill and its buildings have been demolished.
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George Edwards mill in Ruxley Road, close to the junction with Bucknall road, next to the mill stream ...
A pair of calcining kilns at George Edwards' Bucknall Flint Mill with their load of flint nodules after ...
George Edwards' Flint Mill on Ruxley Road. Also known as Bucknall Flint Mill it stands on the old mill ...
The courtyard of Edwards' Bucknall Flint Mill on Ruxley Road. On the left is a pile of Cornish stone ...
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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator
Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.
Donor ref:SD1480/194-23 (204/38987)
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