{"id":1467,"date":"2017-06-12T08:31:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T08:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2017-06-12T08:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T08:31:03","slug":"tullis-russell-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/paper-mills\/tullis-russell-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Tullis Russell II"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I visited the Tullis Russell paper mill in 2009<\/a>, as a permission visit during their 200th anniversary, and they seemed to be doing very well – it was a very busy mill, lots of modern machinery, and apparently lots of orders. But only a few years later it collapsed and the mill closed in 2015. The last thing they did was launch a project to replace the old but beautifully maintained coal power plant with a modern biomass plant – where that stands there used to be a whole lot more, including some giant steampunk rag boilers<\/a>. That plant was built and is now operating, but the mill next door is derelict. All the paper machines have been sold off and removed.<\/p>\n

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Quite a lot has been demolished, but there’s still the original mill lade and quite a few empty buildings left. But that’s not really what I wanted to see. The old power station next to the new biomass plant is still there.<\/p>\n

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Inside the offices and workshops first:<\/p>\n

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But then, around the corner, turbines! Four beautiful blue Parsons turbines:<\/p>\n

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With original control panels:<\/p>\n

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With pumps off, the lower level has flooded. It was sad to see what had been a lovingly maintained power station only a few years ago like this.<\/p>\n

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Next door, the coal boilers:<\/p>\n

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That’s All, Folks \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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