Lynrock Fountain and Mineral Water Factory Ruins

Lynrock Fountain and Mineral Water Factory Ruins

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Lynrock Fountain and Mineral Water Factory Ruins

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Location: Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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June 26, 2018

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It is the ruins of a mineral water bottling plant which also made Ginger beer. In 1852 the valley experienced an enormous flood that swept away the factory and other buildings downstream. There is an old Ginger beer bottle mounted in the bank where the factory used to stand

Christine🔹

October 6, 2023

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Maybe it's a typo? The disaster happened 100 years later, in 1952, and destroyed not only Lynmouth and the surrounding villages, but also the water bottling factory that once stood here, in the worst flood England has ever seen. The walled-in “memory bottle” is a reminder of this. - If you want to know more, go to the Glen Lyn Gorge in Lynmouth (highly recommended), to the small museum in town or watch a YouTube video - there are numerous on the history of the accident, in which over 100 buildings were completely destroyed and 34 people died.

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Rob

July 7, 2025

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The Lynrock mineral water factory opened here in
1911. It was owned and run by the Attree brothers, who lived at Myrtleberry a short distance up the river. The factory …

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