Stopped Clock: Faded face, Smashed Glass at the Derelict Unigate Factory, Great Torrington, Devon, England.
By 1932 the site expanded under the ownership of the Cow and Gate Company. The site was modernised and grew further after the second world war. A new milk churn facility was built as production increased with a laboratory and canteen above it. These windows would have been these employees viewpoint. By the mid 1970's this site was run by Dairy Crest which was the processing part of the Milk Marketing Board. Expansion and modernization included a new Drying plant, Separator Room Boiler house and milk receiving facilities. Dairy production here included. butter, cream condensed, pasteurized and dried milk. Prior to its closure this was one of the main employers in the area. Planning permission has been granted to develop the site for mixed housing and employment but is yet to be started. Torrington clock stop factory time ruin face old glass smash stop abandon dairy wreck monochrome industry metal open location white Devon England bracket faded weathered creamery manufacture location deteriorate Torridge Vale Crest history culture tradition manufacture brown field site
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Great Torrington, Devon, England.
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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