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Old 01-10-2011, 23:50   #3
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Re: F.steiner & co, turkey red dyeworks.

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Originally Posted by rivetlad View Post
Can anyone recall the 250 foot octagonal brick chimney serving Steiner's dyehouse being dropped circa 1955/56?

This chimney was evidentally monumental in size, the huge octagonal shaft rising up from a massively constructed stone plinth of square dimensions.

Any information and particularly a photograph would be of immense interest.
You have probably seen this, chimneys, but not the one you are seeking.

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Steiner's works, Church, 1925.
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