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Electrical corner at Pear Mill, Stockport.

Construction of the Pear Mill in Bredbury, Stockport, commenced in 1908 and it was finally completed in 1913 after significant financial difficulties. The mill was designed by Abraham Stott junior and his brother, Philip Sidney, was responsible for the finishing stages, including the office building. It incorporates a lot of terracotta decoration including numerous pear motifs. This is one of a number of pears adorning the enginehouse and chimney.

This used to be the Cheshire Lines Committee route to Stockport Tiviot Dale and on towards Manchester Central or Liverpool, but now the end of the line is just behind the camera. The shed contains the gravity unloading point for stone trains serving the Readymix concrete plant at Bredbury. A short distance away on the other side is the branch to the waste terminal.