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

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

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 bottled mineral water and made ginger beer until 1939 when it closed owing to lack of demand.
The factory was built around a spring of fresh water, from which it made its drinks. This spring is krown to pass through ancient rocks that gave the water its flavour. The company claimed that it was the purest in the world - and even that it was radioactive! The Attree brothers also made use of® the Lyn itself to power the bottling machines.
Most of the abandoned factory was washed away during the 1952 flood, although the fireplace and mantelpiece are still visible just downstream from here. A little way upstream are the remains of the intake and leat for the water that was used to power the machinery

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