The Middleport Pottery of Burgess and Leigh (opened 1888)  

Flint and Felspar - raw materials

 

Location 4 on the index diagram

Feldspars (natural rocks of aluminosilicates) are used in stoneware and porcelain glazes because they fuse only at high temperatures. The effects of specific glazes on certain clay bodies depend both on the composition of each and on the potter's control of the glaze kiln.

[ on glazes]

Delivery point for more raw materials

Previous is the bottle kiln
Next is the 1888 steam engine 

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