Bee Hive Mills, Bolton
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Bee Hive Mills, Bolton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 20 Aug 2011
Two large cotton spinning mills. No. 1 on the right was built in 1895 and retains its engine house while No. 2 on the left was built in 1902 and retains a severely truncated chimney with a modern stack up its centre. Then used as a distribution centre. In their day these were the largest spinning mills in the world. The large scar on No. 2 mill shows where its angine house has been demolished. The mills each had a large Hick, Hargreaves horizontal twin tandem triple expansion engine of 2000 horsepower. In September 2019 the local news paper showed photographs of the site's demolition with No. 2 largely demolished by then. The site is to be housed for a new housing development.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.561779
Longitude
-2.414076