Butts Mill, Leigh
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Butts Mill, Leigh
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Jun 2016
Designed by Stott & Sons and built in 1905. This is one half of an intended double mill, hence the very plain end wall. The projecting engine house overlaps the end wall and housed a massive horizontal cross compound by Carel Freres of Belgium. The chimney has been truncated. In the distance is the full height chimney of Leigh Spinners Ltd. The mill was built for cotton spinning but is now in other usage.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.49088
Longitude
-2.502611