Jaw Crusher - Cheddleton, Staffordshire. - Preserved Machines on Public Display on Waymarking.com

The Cheddleton Flint Mill is a grinding watermill located on the Caldon Canal at Cheddleton. It was previously used for supplying the pottery industry further along the canal in Stoke-on-Trent.
It is a museum open to the public free of charge, and has been preserved by the Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust, with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund. (visit link)

The Jaw Crusher is on display by the side of the Calcining Flint Kilns and is freely accessible.

An information plaque on the wall nearby reads as follows;
JAW CRUSHER
Function: crushed the flint ready for grinding
Age: made about 1870 in Leeds
Inventor: Eli Whitney Blake (American)
Material: Cast Iron

The machine which is red and green was maufactured by H.R Marsden and has the manufacturers details embossed on the front;
Marsden's
Granulator
H.R Marsden
Sole. Maker
Leeds
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'The ground, calcined flint produced by the mill was becoming a very important ingredient in earthenwares being produced in the nearby Potteries. Josiah Wedgwood had successfully marketed a new product called "creamware" which was becoming very popular. Calcined flint is white and thermally stable, making it an excellent ingredient in the new light-coloured wares that had become fashionable.' (visit link)

Type of Machine: Granulator (Jaw Crusher) Year the machine was built: 1870 Year the machine was put on display: Not listed Is there online documentation for this machine: Not listed

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