A view of John Crowther Mill in Marsden
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A view of John Crowther Mill in Marsden
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 7 Nov 2013
The Crowther brothers moved to Marsden in 1867 and set up Bank Bottom Mill which continued to expand in the early years and at one time was one of the largest cloth producing mills owned by one man – John Edward Crowther – in the world. The floor space was 57,592 square yards, it had 43 sets of carding machines and 680 looms in production in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. It closed in 2003 with the loss of 244 jobs.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.596721
Longitude
-1.929703