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Largest casting ever made, Oakes Foundry, Main Road, Pye Bridge, 1916
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Largest casting ever made, Oakes Foundry, Main Road, Pye Bridge, 1916
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Credit Mr S Hill
photographer Copyright Reserved
ImageDate 1916
Location Main Road (Pye Bridge Industrial Estate)
Town Pye_Bridge
About this image
Note the distance between the two Bogeys. You can see the weight and length on the casting, weight 24? and length 45?. Site is now Pye Bridge Industrial Estate, used to be Riddings Ironworks then Stanton and Staveley then British Steel.
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Industrial Revolution