The Three Ages of the Ditherington Flax Mill
The Rolt Memorial Lecture 2016
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20376406 |
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| Authors | John W Yates (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), John Yates (0009-0004-7419-3156) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-97 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial Archaeology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-0728 • E-ISSN: 1745-8196 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03090728.2016.1252156 |
| OpenAlex | W2588577148 |
| Language | EN |
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 elusive
Archaeology · Mill · Engineering · Global socioeconomic and cultural dynamics · History
| Highly cited | No |
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