Jubilee Mill, Waterhead
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Jubilee Mill, Waterhead
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Feb 2010
Erected c1848 as Hague Street Mill and re-named in 1887 as a patriotic gesture. Spinning mill with 12,500 spindles in 1923 (a small one) and a 400 horsepower engine built in 1902 by Wood Bros of Sowerby Bridge. Ceased to operate in 1959 and now occupied by an engineering firm.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.54899
Longitude
-2.07633