I hope these pictures will be of interest to Mike Presneill.
Photographs of no 2 machine in its last days and being demolished.
1. 2 mc last days in production. Visible on the right are the vacuum pumps in old 1 mc wire pit / press area. The blue pump and hoses suggest there may have been a problem with the hogpit pump.
2. Partly dismantled, wet end and vacuum pumps gone, the silo visible in the bottom right hand corner.
3. Last few cylinders of dryer 3rd section still in place, the hood over the 4th section after dryers still intact. The oily wasteland of the under felt is clearly visible.
4. All the metalwork has been removed and the concrete is being broken up (I think that basement was filled in and the floor made good so the machine house could be used as a warehouse for a few years). The tunnel along the machine basement is now opened up, compare this with photos during construction in 1921.
