Date:April 1963
Description:A calcining kiln at S Fielding's Crown Devon Works off Whieldon Road. Originally part of the Railway Works, this photograph was taken next to the Stoke to Derby railway line. Calcining kilns were used to "bake" flint and animal bones. This made them brittle and easier to grind up before they were added to the clay body.
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The entrance to S Fielding's Crown Devon Works on Sutherland Street, off Whieldon Road. Until 1912 the ...
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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator
Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.
Donor ref:SD1480/218-05 (204/38759)
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