Site of the Former Creams Paper Mill
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Site of the Former Creams Paper Mill
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 12 Dec 2012
Creams paper mill was situated on the bank of the River Irwell, below the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. It is believed that the mill was founded in 1677 and was run for many generations by the Crompton family. It ceased production in December 2004 while being operated by Mondi Paper UK. Rising production costs, mainly a doubling in the price of the gas they used as an energy source, was given as the reason. At the time the mill was producing 63,000 tons of paper products per annum for the corrugated packaging industry. I'm not sure when it was finally demolished, but it was still standing as late as 2009, when Image] was photographed by Tom Jeffs. Image] by Dr Neil Clifton shows a view of the site taken in 1992, when the mill was still in production. http://www.hughespaper.com/creams.html web page about Creams Paper Mill.
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Image Location
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53.553479
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-2.36841