Welcome to the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) website. The Society was formed in 1964 to study and record the history and physical remains of Gloucestershire industries.
Details of our activities, together with copies of our Journal articles and various pages relating to the County’s industrial past may be seen by following the relevant links in the sidebar and drop-down menus above.
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How a Gloucester Flour Mill Made Legal History by Hugh Conway-Jones
The delay incurred when a fractured crank shaft from the steam engine newly installed at the City Flour Mills was transported by a carrier to the manufacturer led to a court case to recover damages for the subsequent loss of production. The case formed a precedent is still used on both sides of the Atlantic in breach of contract cases. Find out more.....
< City Flours Mills (Priday Metford) in 2010 after conversion into residential use