Atlas No. 6 Mill, Bolton
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Atlas No. 6 Mill, Bolton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Mar 2012
Seen from Bute Street. One of 8 Atlas Mills. This one was built in 1887 for cotton spinning by John Musgrave and Sons and is now owned by a building supplies company. The large projecting engine house contained a large Musgrave horizontal twin tandem compound mill engine and its barring engine is now on display in the Bolton Steam museum nearby.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.586979
Longitude
-2.454504