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China Clay Country Park - Photographs

The musuem holds a wide range of photographs most are related to the china clay industry, local community and the people who worked in the industry. Below are some examples of the themes covered in the photographic collection.  For more details on the museums photographic collection please contact the musuem curator.

1988.1279.3 (Horse&Wagon).jpg

Transport of China Clay, goods and workers.

P1988.1322.1 (Engine).jpg

Machinery including water wheels, engines and pit equipment.

P1988.1381.1 (Policemen).jpg

Events relating to the industry such as the 1912/13 clay strike.

P1989.1573.2 (Lorry&Buckt).jpg

Working pit images from the early industry to the modern industry.

P1991.27.1 (Clay Press).jpg

The process and stages of refining from the early industry to today.

P1989.1522.10 (K.Georg Run).jpg

Famous visitors and events from the past.

P1999.35.2 (Little Johns).jpg

Images of pits past and present

P1988.1283.3 (Barrels).jpg

Places and locations related to the industry, such as the china clay country villages.
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