wpw018857 WALES. Courtaulds Ltd., Aber Works, Flint, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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| Title | [WPW018857] Courtaulds Ltd., Aber Works, Flint, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW018857 |
| Date | |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6378119 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 323620, 373080 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.1448523850802, 53.248953712647 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ236731 |
Pins
 Waste tips of New Flint Colliery |
 Class31 |
Monday 6th of August 2012 10:44:23 PM |
| Swinchiard Walk |
Class31 |
Monday 6th of August 2012 10:36:28 PM |
| Gatehouse still extant. |
Class31 |
Monday 6th of August 2012 10:04:08 PM |
| Building dated 1909 on rainwater hoppers as seen on Google earth. |
Class31 |
Monday 6th of August 2012 09:59:40 PM |
Building is now called Enterprise House and is used as a centre for small businesses. The website even gives a floorplan although not to scale. |
Class31 |
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 08:01:57 AM |
User Comment Contributions
Photo is taken facing east. Have found evidence that the British Glanztoff Company established an artificial silk mill in Flint in 1907. |
Class31 |
Wednesday 12th of February 2014 03:34:19 PM |
Artificial silk as here was in fact viscose yarn, the first commercially manufactured man made fibre. Courtaulds, being a leading textile company, quickly saw the possibilities of this new yarn and so got into production of viscose yarn, equally as quick they purchased all patent rights to viscose production, then started buying out most competitors who had also started production because of the failure of the inventors to initially take out patents, to become the largest viscose producers in the world. In the UK they soon had plants in Coventry, Flint and eventually Grimsby. |
 Triggy |
Tuesday 14th of January 2014 08:00:48 PM |
In 1908 the German-owned British Glanzstoff Company opened this factory in Flint producing artificial silk from wood pulp, cuprammonium (cupru), this was a poor quality viscose type fibre. In 1913 they changed to the superior viscose process, giving a better yarn. The factory was taken over in 1917 by Courtaulds who renamed it Aber Works and developed the site. |
Triggy |
Wednesday 12th of February 2014 03:34:19 PM |
Dear Class31, thank you for all your valuable insight on this image, thanks to you we have now confirmed this as Courtaulds Ltd. Aber Works based in Flint. The location will be updated on here in due course, thanks again for your continued support of Britain from Above. Natasha Scullion Britain from Above Activity Officer |
 Natasha Scullion |
Tuesday 16th of April 2013 10:24:39 AM |
The same photograph may be found on the RCAHMW Coflein website entitled Courtaulds Ltd. Aber Works, Flint with the same file reference number WPW018857. Catalogue number C878714 The page is also entitled British Glanztoff Works. |
Class31 |
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 07:31:32 AM |
This is the works shown in reverse in photo WPW040156. The main works building has gone today but the offices and the gatehouse are extant. The rainwater hoppers on the offices are dated 1909 and can be seen on Google earth. |
Class31 |
Monday 6th of August 2012 10:23:58 PM |
Eureka |
Class31 |
Monday 6th of August 2012 10:08:24 PM |
