Elk Mill, Royton
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Elk Mill, Royton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 17 Mar 1990
One of the last cotton spinning mills to be built (there were one or two around 1926) in Lancashire and opened 1927. Was driven by a Parsons steam turbine. The mill cost £250,000 and employed 400. Finally closed 1998. Now demolished.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.558282
Longitude
-2.137636