Brookhouse Mills, Preston - engine house
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The photograph on this page of Brookhouse Mills, Preston - engine house by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Brookhouse Mills, Preston - engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 1 Aug 2010
This is the beam engine house window in the 1858 block of this cotton mill complex. This contained a single cylinder beam engine that was later pusher compounded. Beam engine houses are usually very recognisable by the tall arched windows that differ from the other windows in a mill.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.76796
Longitude
-2.719981