Marlborough No. 1 Mill, Failsworth
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Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Feb 2010
In the foreground is the Rochdale Canal. On the left is a Morrisons supermarket styled on a textile mill. The mill with the truncated chimney is Marlborough No. 1 mill. A former cotton spinning mill built in 1905 and by then used a distribution warehouse.