Bolton Textile Mill No. 2 - engine house
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Bolton Textile Mill No. 2 - engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Apr 2014
This mill dates to about 1905 and has seen better days. This is the once magnificent engine house that is now a loading bay. The rope race contains an enormous goods lift. The foundations of the engine have been dug out and the original floor level would have been just below the tiled sections seen on the far wall. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders, with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915. Some kind person let us in on a Sunday morning having seen us peering through gaps around the doors.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.554521
Longitude
-2.407363