The Middleport Pottery of
Burgess and Leigh (opened 1888)![]()
Boiler house chimney
Location 2 on the index diagram
From the canal side of the yard the
bottle kiln can be seen
on the right hand side of the photo, behind the joiners shop
is the boiler house.

The 120 foot (36.5meters) chimney of
the boiler house
Previous is an
old Gosling and Gatensbury slip pump
Next is the view of the drying mangle from the outside.
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