Butts Mill, Leigh
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Butts Mill, Leigh
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Jun 2016
Built 1907 with a nominal capital of £100k. Mule spinning with 150,000 spindles on mules by Dobson & Barlow. Engine was a Carels of Ghent and of adequate size for a double mill. the floors are reinforced concrete rather than earlier brick jack arches. Reference is Roger Holden (1998) - Stott and Sons, Architects of the Lancashire Cotton Mill. This view shows the blank end wall of the single mill that was built. The second mill would have covered this and extended towards the photographer. The bearing boxes are in the wall of the rope race and indicate where the drive shafts were for each floor. The engine house on the left extends beyond the end wall and ropes from the flywheel would have passed to the right into the rope race for the second mill. This is a superb example of an Edwardian cotton spinning mill.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.490876
Longitude
-2.503515