Brookhouse Mills, Preston
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Brookhouse Mills, Preston
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 1 Aug 2010
This is a large complex with at least three mills. This block is of 1858 with an internal beam engine house on the left. The single cylinder beam engine was later pusher compounded with a horizontal single cylinder engine acting as the high pressure engine. Originally a cotton spinning mill. Grade II Listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.76805
Longitude
-2.719831