New Taplow Paper Mill (Maidenhead)

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  • 4th August 2016 at 17:49 #335
    Chris Bennett
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    Mill New Taplow Paper Mill
    Also known as Taplow Paper Mill
    Address Maidenhead,
    Nat Grid Location SU 905820
    Companies Charles Venables & Co; New Taplow Paper Mills; Reed and Smith ; St Regis; DS Smith
    English Mill Excise No 283
    Status Shut during 1970 to 2015
    Est. Papermaking Start Date 1767
    Date Closed 1-Oct-2006
    Links
    Link1 Taplow Society
    Link2 Wargrave History

     

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    • This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by Chris Bennett. Reason: Relocation of county
    25th January 2017 at 08:35 #638
    Daven
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    This mill is in Buckinghamshire, not Berkshire. Although the postal address is Berks, it is on the Bucks side of the river; the river forms the county boundary.

    18th March 2017 at 21:30 #661
    Taff
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    Worked there for 20 years until mill shut as foreman and machine manager sad day when it closed

     

    23rd March 2017 at 09:44 #675
    Chris Bennett
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    Thanks Daven – now discovered how to relocate.

    23rd March 2017 at 09:59 #676
    Chris Bennett
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    Thanks for your input Taff.

    I was involve with a major starch trial at the mill in the 1990s. It was very ambitious, trying to replace the size press with reacted wet-end starch. Would have been great if it worked.

    We were defeated by the poor general runnability of the machine.  I could not believe the accepted lost-time when we were setting up the trial – as I remember it we were told that the average output equated to 14 tns/hr but the reel-up output was more like 18 tns/hr; the difference being lost-time.

    The top-wire drainage was really sensitive and when we got close to the machine I could see why. Our introduction of large amounts of polymer impacted the drainage and that was it sheet down. Most machines would have coped. Machine crews were great very patient.

    It would be interesting to hear more of your experiences Taff.

     

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