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The Three Ages of the Ditherington Flax Mill: The Rolt Memorial Lecture 2016.

The 2016 Rolt Lecture sets out the history of the 1797 Ditherington Flax Mill, the world's first iron-framed building, and explores its context in conservation values. The building served 90 years as a flax-spinning mill, then 90 years as a maltings. It now needs a new purpose, which is proving elus...

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Published in:Industrial Archaeology Review Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 85 - 98
Main Author: Yates, John
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2016
Subjects:
Structural frames
Spinning mills
Preservation of architecture
Malting
Shrewsbury (England)
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