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Opus by Mark Delf, unveiled by David Mellor 12th May 1992.
©Linda Bailey
©Simon Ledingham
Dist:0.1km<br/>This scanned slide shows a view of the JCB factory at Rocester about 1970. They had already constructed a lake of their own, visible in the centre of the picture. Since then there have been more major landscaping operations, and a new road. However the airfield for the company jets did not come to fruition. Even in 1970 the factory had grown larger than the local village, which had previous claims to fame for a Roman building and an early Arkwright Mill.
©John Goldsmith
Dist:0.1km<br/>The river runs beside the lake at JCB.
©Linda Bailey
Dist:0.2km<br/>I'm afraid I don't know its proper name, we've always called him Digger-man. Near the headquarters of JCB.
©Linda Bailey
Dist:0.2km<br/>The bypass might only be a B road, but it is busy.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>A helicopter takes off from the JCB factory.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>On the River Churnet. It belongs to JCB.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridge carries the B5030 bypass road. The resident black swan was investigating whether I had brought food.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>What a lovely place to be on St Valentine's Day
©Rog Frost
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©Ian Calderwood
Dist:0.3km<br/>There has been a corn mill on the Churnet at Rocester for centuries. This mill was originally powered by an undershot wheel, on the right-hand side where the sluices now are. The wheel has now been replaced by a 58kW turbine for generating electricity and the building is now the offices of JCB Finance.
©Ian Calderwood
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©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km<br/>There are 30 different species of birds found on JCB lakes which are looked after by the company.
©Linda Bailey
Dist:0.3km<br/>One of the black swans from JCB swimming on the River Churnet.
©Linda Bailey

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