The equipment was supplied by Genie’s approved local distributor, Wigan based Fire Sound and Security. The design and installation was completed in-house by Stockport Council’s wholly owned company, Solutions SK Ltd.
Housed in a restored Grade ll listed Victorian Mill in Stockport, Cheshire, which was once a thriving hat factory, Hat Works is dedicated solely to the hatting industry, hats and headwear. It has been developed as a lottery funded regeneration project and opened to the public for the first time in April 2000.
Stockport was one of Manchester’s leading hatting towns in its heyday, and the museum focuses on the development of the hatting industry from its humble beginnings as a cottage industry to the mass production of the early 19th century. Live demonstrations of working machinery combined with an extensive collection of hats, stimulating audio-visual shows and a chance to experience what it was like to be a hat maker’s apprentice make for an award winning interactive visitor attraction.
‘As part of a security update programme at the museum we wanted to replace the outdated mono CCTV cameras with vandal-resistant domes incorporating day/night cameras to dramatically improve picture quality at low light levels’ comments Steve Brokenbrow of Stockport Council.
10 Genie VRCD 5351 vandal resistant dome day/night cameras were installed, dramatically improving CCTV picture quality at low light levels.