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Guardbridge, Main Street, Paper Mill

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Interior. Building 2, Stock Preparation House, first floor. Refiner floor and Blend Chest to right of image.
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General view,. Building 21, Reel paper store. looking north, Wood Pulp Storeage Sheds (Building 1) on right.
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Interior. Building 6, former Calender House, latterly Finishing Department. View showing Stretch Wrap Machine.
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Interior. Adjacent to Building 7, Finishing section. View of A4 sheet cutting and sorting area (building 70A)
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Interior. Adjacent to Building 7, Finishing Section.. View of sheet cutting and handling area.
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General view of Main Road frontage looking south.
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The Last Mill on the Eden: Guardbridge Paper Mill, Fife Industrial Archaeology Review, XXXI:2, 2009, Figure 1
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View from N showing part of WNW front
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Copy of photograph of paper making machine (no.6), wet end, from the JB&S Machine 161 catalogue, James Bertram and Son Ltd, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, circa 1953. The catalogue describes and illustrates some of the features of the No 161 machine 'recently installed at the well known Mill of Guard Bridge Paper Co Ltd, Fife , Scotland designed with the co-operation of the Mill Staff especially for the economical production of the highest quality papers...'
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Copy of photograph of paper making machine (no.6), 'MILLSPAUGH' Suction Couch Roll and adjustable blow roll. To facilitate wire changing, the breast and guide rolls area arranged to be carried by removable light alloy brackets on top of the couch roll housing, these being cantilevered while the new wire is placed in position and the breast roll returned to its orginal position by the overhead crane. The Dandy is of the driven type and is electronically controlled, from the JB&S Machine 161 catalogue, James Bertram and Son Ltd, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, circa 1953. The catalogue describes and illustrates some of the features of the No 161 machine 'recently installed at the well known Mill of Guard Bridge Paper Co Ltd, Fife , Scotland designed with the co-operation of the Mill Staff especially for the economical production of the highest quality papers...'
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Copy of photograph of paper making machine (no.6), general views of the back of the machine with sectional driving gear designed and suplied by THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO LTD, Rugby and is the first set of its kind installed in Europe. The sectional driving motors are controlled electronically from the front of the machine , the individual panels being provided with an 'inch' push button, a crawl off/on switch and a draw-control handwheel and ammeter, from the JB&S Machine 161 catalogue, James Bertram and Son Ltd, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, circa 1953. The catalogue describes and illustrates some of the features of the No 161 machine 'recently installed at the well known Mill of Guard Bridge Paper Co Ltd, Fife , Scotland designed with the co-operation of the Mill Staff especially for the economical production of the highest quality papers...'
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Copy of photograph of public relations/marketing/advertising poster from Guardbridge entitled 'We buy the best, Do You?' showing a precision sizing meter and laboratory staff member
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Oblique aerial view of site from S
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Photographic copy of Advertising poster showing esparto grass overlaid with names of products made at the paper mill such as Eden Grove Bond, G.B. cream wove, G.B. cream laid, G.B. Litho, G.B. Ledger, Air Post Bank, G.B. Duplicator and Buffalo Bond
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Copy of photograph of Paper Machine no. 6 (PM6)
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Interior. Former Turbine House/ Power Station (N045070 79625) which latterly housed the control panel for the Effluent Treatment Plant
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Interior. Building 14. Engine House for original No. 3 Paper Machine looking east.
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General view. Guardbridge Papermil, distant view across the River Eden from the south east.
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Interior. Building 2. Stock Preparation House, first floor, south east corner: Hydrosieve for No.5 papermaking machine.
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Interior. Building, Building 15, first floor. Looking north west.
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View. West Yard (Central): view looking north, under Building 10 (former Rag Store) towards Effluent Treatment Plant (Building area 5).Southern Railway Access on left, behind blue Sodium Hypo silo.
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General view of the north end of the site, looking west over the Motray Water.
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View of Building (area) 5: Effluent Treatment Plant: Caustic Soda and Sulphuric Acid tanks. Note emergency shower on left.
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Interior. Building 17, ground floor. Paper Machine No. 5 wet end and wire
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