Chivers Jam Factory

This photograph, displayed in the Pye room at the Cambridge Museum of Technology, clearly shows rails in the floor of the Chivers jam factory at Histon. There is also a human-powered wheeled trolley shown. Presumably the system was not immune to traffic jams.

Location: Chivers Jam Factory

Original line: Chivers and Sons

Photographer: Ken Strachan

Contact photographer: Ken Strachan

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Date: 22/02/2020

Image number: 79691