Description

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LYDD BATTERY ROAD
TR 0420
1/10003 Net boiler
II
Net boiler, later c19. Square structure of tarred brick about 4 by 5
feet wide and 2½ feet high with brick chimney in one corner. Cemented
parapet. Circular metal tanning copper in centre. Rectangular aperture
at ground level in one side. Net boilers were used for dying and
preserving fishing nets and clothing such as overalls and aprons. The
circular copper tub was filled with water and a fire lit underneath.
Resin from Burma was placed in a basket above the tub and slowly
dissolved. When the water was stained to a dark brown, the nets and
clothes used for a day's fishing were soaked in the solution to
protect them against the ravages of sea water. The nets would be used
for one day's fishing only and then dried out again to set the dye.
Fishermen often boiled their nets on the same day and it was a social
occasion. This tanning copper was larger than most examples and is now
a very rare survival of a process associated with the fishing
industry.

Listing NGR: TR0916218378

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544103

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas