ABM Pauls malt - louth

[magoo²]

First visited ABM back in 07 and have been back many times as it is just such an amazing building to look at let alone go inside. The workshops have been torched now but the rest is pretty much as it was.


History lifted from web.

Construction began in 1949 and replaced the old maltings, which were built around 1870 and destroyed by German bombs in 1940.
The new site had to be where its predecessor stood to qualify for war compensation, It took two years to finish the project, with post-war cement rationing slowing down the process.

The production section was finished for malting to begin in 1952.The interior was an extraordinary honeycomb of 96 eight foot square, 90ft high storage chambers for barley and malt.

Dalgety's had taken over ABM in 1972 but Paul's Malt became the new owners in 1987. Their plans to expand production by building three huge new silos were refused in 1989 by East Lindsey District Council and on appeal, following bitter opposition from the Civic Trust and conservation minded councillors

Louth was producing 30,000 tonnes a year. In the late 1990s Paul's invested 30m in a new plant at Bury St Edmunds which increased introduction by 100,000 tonnes.













































Thanks for looking

[Nicola]

Another fab set of pics!

[coops]

Great stuff mate will be checking this out one weekend soon

[Clough]

Sweet, no way would i stand on that grate!

[Neosea]

Nice, must make the effort to see this!

[Rochester]

Love the walk of faith, great collection again fella..

[Only2Eyes]

Nicely done mate

[Runner]

Grate stuff mate

[magoo²]

Are the fireman's 'dolls' still there?

Not sure as the last time i went was a while ago but as far as i know they are

[magoo²]

Are the fireman's 'dolls' still there?

Yes! and they looked well pissed off so we threw them the retirement party they never got