Swan Lane Mills, Bolton
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Swan Lane Mills, Bolton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 Oct 1994
The tower immediately right of the chimney is on No. 3 Mills and the other two are on Nos. 1 & 2, which were built as a double mill in 1902 and 1905 with 210,000 spindles and at the time claimed to be the largest spinning mill in the world under a single roof.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.563924
Longitude
-2.442632