Elk Mill
Introduction
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Elk Mill
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Jun 1983
Built 1926 and driven by a Parsons steam turbine that drove the mill by ropes and the neighbouring Shiloh Mills by electricity. Scrapped in 1983. The mill finally closed in 1998. It used cotton mules until 1974.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.557745
Longitude
-2.135823