Aqueduct Mill, Preston
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Aqueduct Mill, Preston
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 1 Aug 2010
This is a confusing and much knocked about mill. Dickinson's book on Preston Mills states that it was started as a weaving factory in 1842 or thereabouts, was a 'combined' mill by 1851 and suffered a fire in 1868. It is believed it was built to its current form in 1887 when new boilers were installed. It is noted to have had a large horizontal tandem compound engine of about 1000 horsepower. This was rope drive but must have replaced an earlier gear drive engine (probably a beam engine) as the bracket on the end gable is consistent with a vertical shaft, implying gear drive (not visible from this angle). The block on the far side of the tower was originally six storeys but has been reduced to one.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.767177
Longitude
-2.715568