Flint Kilns - Cheddleton Flint Mill, Cheddleton, Staffordshire.
N 53° 04.251 W 002° 02.600
30U E 564096 N 5880579
The Flint Kilns are located at Cheddleton Flint Mill near the Caldon Canal in Cheddleton.
Waymark Code: WMV9WC
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/20/2017
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The Cheddleton Flint Mill is a grinding watermill located on the Caldon Canal at Cheddleton. It was previously used for supplying the pottery industry further along the canal in Stoke-on-Trent.
It is a museum open to the public free of charge, and has been preserved by the Cheddleton Flint Mill Industrial Heritage Trust, with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund. (
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The Flint Kilns and buildings of the Cheddleton Flint Mill complex are Grade 11* listed. They are near to the Caldon Canal side of the site and are freely accessible. (
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An information plaque on the wall reads as follows;
FLINT KILNS
Function: heated the flint to about 1000c, where calcination takes place, making the flint brittle so it can be ground.
Power Source: burning coal
Time Taken: 48 hours
Wikipedia - calcination a thermal treatment process in the absence or limited supply of air or oxygen applied to ores and other solid materials to bring about a thermal decomposition. (
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'The ground, calcined flint produced by the mill was becoming a very important ingredient in earthenwares being produced in the nearby Potteries. Josiah Wedgwood had successfully marketed a new product called "creamware" which was becoming very popular. Calcined flint is white and thermally stable, making it an excellent ingredient in the new light-coloured wares that had become fashionable.' (
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