No 1 Break Down Mill, British Aluminium

Maker
1. Unknown
2. British Aluminium Co Ltd
Production date
1944
 Description
Falkirk No 1 Break Down Mill. The mill was manufactured by the Brightside Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Sheffield. This photo was taken shortly after the official opening of the plant.

This photo is not scanned. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House

Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
British Alcan/Business Group
Maker
Production date
1944
Subject place
British Alcan/David's Loan/Bainsford/Falkirk area
Subject notes
The Break Down Mill takes the cast blocks from the casting shop and the reheat furnaces and reduces the thickness to strip gauge
Accession number
P44674

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