Name: Ruins of the Tile and Paper Factory in Machory
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gmina Ruda Maleniecka

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Location: gmina Ruda Maleniecka, Końskie, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

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Rafał Klisowski

April 27, 2025

In 1898, on the premises of the former ironworks, the then owner Ludwik Bayer opened a tile and cardboard factory, one of the most important in the Russian partition. Tiles were made using white clay extracted in Makhory, in a mine that had existed since the 19th century, and marl imported from various parts of Poland. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the factory employed around 200 workers. The plant had its own sales warehouses in Warsaw, Łódź, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Odessa. In the initial years of production, ceramic stove tiles from the Makhory factory delighted with their various decorations. Patterns depicting genre and historical scenes were also produced. Makhory products enjoyed popularity throughout the Russian Empire (they were used to cover stoves at all stations of the Trans-Siberian Railway), all the way to Vladivostok. In the interwar years, a generator was installed in the factory, which supplied electricity to the plant and the manor buildings. It was powered by a Francis water turbine that had previously powered rolling mills. These devices operated until 1970.

The remains of the tile and paper mill complex include factory buildings (without the original equipment) and a well-preserved drive system of the plant, together with the water damming and supply system.

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Location: gmina Ruda Maleniecka, Końskie, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

Ruins of the Tile and Paper Factory in Machory

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