Bolton Textile mill No. 2
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Bolton Textile mill No. 2
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Apr 2014
6-storey spinning mill, probably dating from around 1905, built as an extension to the original Bolton Textile Mill which has now been demolished. The projecting mill engine house powered the mill by cotton ropes. The rope race now contains a goods lift and the engine house is a loading bay. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders, with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915. I wonder if the stone wall and railings on the right mark the remains of a former lodge (cooling water pond).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.554522
Longitude
-2.407212