Hope Works, Pollard Street

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Hope Works, Pollard Street

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 7 Aug 2013

This apparently unprepossessing building is more interesting than it appears. It was built in 1824 as a textile mill and represents an early example of a mill built to be operated by steam power. It is considered to be sufficiently original to justify Grade II* listing. The listing description contains the following comments: " . . . one of the best-preserved examples of its type in Manchester, one which retains extensive evidence for the evolution of successive power systems, and which includes an innovative prefabricated iron roofing system."

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