Atlas Nos 8 & 6 Mills, Bolton
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Atlas Nos 8 & 6 Mills, Bolton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Mar 2012
On the right is Atlas No. 8 Mill. Built in 1866 as Shipton Mill and initially occupied by James Whittaker and Son. Became Atlas No. 8 Mills, part of the Musgrave empire, by sometime after 1900. By the 1930s it was in use by an engineering company and is now apartments. No. 6 Mill and its large projecting engine house is across the road crossing the bottom of the street.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.587246
Longitude
-2.455414