Chimney for Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Introduction
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Chimney for Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Image: © Alexander P Kapp Taken: 19 Aug 2007
The chimney was probably built on the hillside to improve the draw on the boiler fires, with the mill being built in the bottom of a deep valley, a very tall chimney would have had to be built to obtain the same effect. http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/museums/helmshore
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Image Location
Latitude
53.690007
Longitude
-2.339618