The Story Of A Lost Ceramic City - Dyson Ceramic Factory  

This is no bombed city. This old and decaying place was once Britain’s Industrial building grounds which now appear to be a wasteland.

This is the Dyson Ceramic Factory which was once a work place for more than 1000 employees. But now it lays silent and dead.

The ceramic factory got shut down in 2006 and many old and rusting equipment and machinery bare testimony to its glorified past. The factory is located in Sheffield.

This factory was founded by Dyson Group in the year 1834 that were regarded as one of the largest industrial ceramic manufacturer in Britain.

The fire pits there are still intact which were used as kiln to heat ceramics. In fact pieces of old and broken pottery and ceramic ware can be seen lying around here and there. There is also rusting furniture with documents and newspapers dating back to when the factory was operational.

Some places appear so fresh and tidy you might wonder that workers have just left the scene after ending their days’ work. Heavy mechanical equipment which was once used to make bricks, lie unclaimed and abandoned. The place however still remains the property of Dyson Group.

The toilets in the ceramic factory are covered with thick moss and are of course unusable.

Walking through the factory you’ll find belongings of the workers lying here and there. Often you will come across shirts, boots, bicycles, etc. which once belonged to the workers. Expensive equipment and machinery have been removed from the factory but one can still find remains of dead and nonfunctional machinery indicating the type of technology used at that time.