Higher Mill and the mill pond, Helmshore
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Higher Mill and the mill pond, Helmshore
Image: © Carroll Pierce Taken: 5 Aug 2013
Part of the Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, this is Higher Mill and the mill pond. Higher Mill houses the waterwheel, currently being restored, which powered the fulling stocks used for spinning and weaving wood and working the woven wool material into durable cloth. The viaduct to the left is a defunct section of the East Lancashire Railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.689924
Longitude
-2.337043