{"id":143,"date":"2009-11-29T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:06:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:06:14","slug":"mugiemoss-paper-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/paper-mills\/mugiemoss-paper-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugiemoss Paper Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mugiemoss closed in 2005, with the loss of 250 jobs &#8211; the mill was outdated by more modern mills. The site is now used by a trucking firm, so there are trailers all over the place and some buildings are still in use &#8211; the lights are still on in a lot of it as well.<\/p>\n<p>First, into the giant hall for Machine 5:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144522440\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2602\/4144522440_39cc3db2f3_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143786255\/\" target=\"_blank\"><!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2552\/4143786255_3cda441c9b_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143795631\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2501\/4143795631_ef14661708_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A control room:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144569362\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2636\/4144569362_a854048b59_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144640362\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2583\/4144640362_0f15c6f3cd_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another control room:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143840799\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2587\/4143840799_4da9e45631_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the other end of this giant 250m-long hall:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143896207\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2666\/4143896207_647fd3e924_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A third control room:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143904231\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2703\/4143904231_70424b049c_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143910701\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2776\/4143910701_29ef40860a_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Down to the ground floor of hall 5:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144682010\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2444\/4144682010_a255405c6b_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Onto the east power plant &#8211; the old one, and you can see the oldest parts of the mill here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4143989109\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2567\/4143989109_6b0b3b95ed_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144732272\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2707\/4144732272_f07120be32_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144740498\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2658\/4144740498_f676a24f7c_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back again to the ground floor of hall 5:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144767364\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2684\/4144767364_f78d2422f5_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144776144\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2691\/4144776144_308892531f_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144784688\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2680\/4144784688_fa18786687_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then onto the newer west power plant &#8211; this oil-fired boiler dates from 1970:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144793362\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2775\/4144793362_885b3f6a1b_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144055931\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2619\/4144055931_eddf451cbc_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the wall of this power plant, a poster of, I think, hall 4:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/4144836328\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2680\/4144836328_f443d14d36_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mugiemoss closed in 2005, with the loss of 250 jobs &#8211; the mill was outdated by more modern mills. 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