Dalton Mills - Dalton Lane
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Image: © Betty Longbottom Taken: 26 Oct 2007
To paraphrase Giles & Goodall - Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930: Large steam powered worsted mill begun in 1866. Originally three ornate mills - Tower Mill 1866 (four storeys + attic, nine bays), Genappe Mill, 1868 (3 storeys, 38 bays) and New Mill 1869 (three storeys 33 bays). Also included a long shed, two engine houses, boiler houses, a very ornate chimney (now shortened) and offices. The Mill was owned by I & I Craven (later J & J due to connotations with the other initials during WWI). In 1904 the large double beam engine wrecked itself and two new houses were built for Pollit & Wigzell tandem compound engines. Description added by Chris Allen at photographer's request.
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