Wool Grease Extraction, Esholt Sewage Works, Esholt

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Wool Grease Extraction, Esholt Sewage Works, Esholt' by Ian Beesley. Signed in pencil on the back. Produced for the commission 'Through the Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs', 1985-1987.

Scouring the wool produces a useful by-product in the form of 'lanolin' for making soaps, cosmetics, etc. The works at Bradford, apart from treating the domestic sewage, were specifically designed to extract the wool grease on a commercial basis.