tarboat's photos with the keyword: glossop

The site of the former tramsheds and power station at Glossop has for many years been a chemical works. Today it is operated by Plater Production providing specialist drying services to the chemical industry. They manufacture a wide range of products including de-icers, acetates, formates, propionates, lactates and chrome chemicals.

The former central Co-operative Society shop premises in Glossop. Nicely dated 1930 on the panels between first and second floors. I wonder what the large bronze fixtures mounted on the upper walls were for. I suppose they might have carried flagpoles?

Whilst wandering the mean streets of Glossop this yellow bus caught my eye as it set off on the school run for Speedwellbus Ltd of Hyde. Thanks to my good friend Renown I now know that it is a Dennis Dominator with East Lancs bodywork. Further research reveals that it was delivered new to London & Country in May 1989 and subsequently went to Thamesdown Transport (Swindon Corporation) before migrating north.

The ferrous alloys plant at Glossop was always controversial due to the emissions from the very tall chimney that dominated the town. The landforms around Glossop are such that even such a tall structure did not mean that fumes were dissipated quickly. Today the production of Ferromolybdenum is long finished and the plant is being demolished.

A machine made brick from one of the later brickworks to be found around Glossop, Derbyshire. Found lying in the Rossendale Brook, Sutton, near Macclesfield.