Walk down between the buildings towards the river. Originally Peter Nettleton’s wool scouring works, Woolshed 1 and 2, and part of the wharf, remain. The three-storey woolshed was built around 1861. In 1870, Nettleton’s fellmongery was cleaning 3,000 sheepskins per week. A great quantity of animal remains were disposed of in the river creating water and air pollution, with many complaints about the noxious odours. In 1920 the business was acquired by the Alma Wool Scouring Company, which continued operations until 1980.
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