Wm. Quinton (1873-1965) makes a sheet of Whatman Drawing Paper at Springfield Mill, Maidstone, Kent
Making Whatman Antiquarian size paper, by hand, for the last time at Springfield Mill, Maidstone, Kent, 1936
Wm Balston, (1759-1849) protégé to James Whatman the Younger & Founder of Springfield Mill in Maidstone Kent, 1807
Hand-making Double-Elephant size paper at Springfield Mill c.1910
The 10-Vat room at Springfield Mill, c.1910
The 14 foot diameter Hornbeam wood drive wheel which powered the beaters at Springfield Mill, c.1910. The wheel itself was driven from the steam engine via a square shaft
Rag Room, Springfield Mill, c. 1906
Paper Sorting/Inspection, 1906 (note Gent in far right wearing traditional paper-makers hat)
The packing room/Salle, c.1906 Springfield Mill
Springfield Mill, Connaught Beater Room, 1968
Springfield Mill, making Antiquarian Paper, c.1900 In the background (in suits) Charles Balston, R.J.Balston, Francis Balston
Springfield Mill, Making Antiquarian paper by hand for the last time in 1937. Vat-men Jack Bailey and Bert Aiston, Bellows man Jack Chalcroft,
Pig in the Pound, Cliff Burgess
Staff of Springfield and Medway Mills of W & R Balston Ltd. join members of the Balston family to celebrate 100 years of paper-making at Springfield in 1907
Demolition of the old Boiler House, Springfield Mill, 1965
Demolition of the old Beater Floor at Springfield Mill, 1965. Note the Hornbeam driving wheel seen in earlier photograph, in pieces
Same demolition viewed from different angle. Note the hand-truck in centre of picture and its tiny solid iron wheels!
Springfield Mill. Ian Elliott inspecting the press section of York machine, 1968
Aerial view of Springfield Mill, thought to be 1960's
Aerial view of Springfield Mill from Buckland Farm side of River Medway, c.1960's
Aerial view of Springfield Mill, c.1970. Note Mill Pond in bottom left corner, and Mill Chimney and electricity supply plant in bottom right
Aerial View of Springfield Mill, c. 2000. 'Whatman Park' under construction on west side of Medway on land donated by Whatman International Ltd. The land was originally Buckland Farm, purchased by Mr Maurice Balston and sold back to W & R Balston, who later became Whatman International
Visit to Springfield Mill in 1993 by HRH The Duke of Kent to inaugurate the new 'Kent' paper-making machine. Managing Director Mr Jeremy Leigh-Pemberton striding along beside HRH
Springfield Mill, HRH The Duke of Kent officially starts the new Kent paper-making machine
W & R Balston Cricket Team, 1953
Springfield Mill Fire Brigade, 1903
Audrie McCreadie fan folding filter paper circles by hand, 1968
Whatman Filter Paper cutting and hand packing, 1968
Eunice Vaughan at the Avery Labelling machine for boxes of Whatman Filter paper, 1968