Wellington Mill from the railway viaduct
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Wellington Mill from the railway viaduct
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 23 Sep 2006
Wellington Mill (centre) was built in the 1830s as a cotton mill, it became a hat works in the 1890s (more information on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat_Works ). The Grade II listed building has been converted to provide residential accommodation and a hat museum, which opened in 2000 (Hat Works website http://www.hatworks.org.uk/default.asp ). Taken from a train on the impressive Stockport Viaduct Image .
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Image Location
Latitude
53.408414
Longitude
-2.162573