Butts Mill engine house, Leigh
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Butts Mill engine house, Leigh
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Jun 2016
Over the fence view of the ornate engine house and very plain boiler house. The low section of mill in the foreground would have been the cotton preparation section. 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.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.491236
Longitude
-2.503368