New Hall Hey Mill, Rawtenstall
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New Hall Hey Mill, Rawtenstall
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 30 Mar 2008
Built by Hardman Brothers in 1866. Twenty three by four bays with a dentillated flat roof. There is a relatively small beam engine house parallel to the mill and between it and the squar(ish) boiler house. This is an unusual layout as it was more usual to have internal beam engine houses. The square stone chimney has a pronounced batter, blind windows and a pronounced oversailor with decorative spikes. Oversailors are meant to prevent smoke creeping down the side of the chimney. Although the mill is perhaps a little "too clean" its character has been quite well kept. This shows the boiler house with the engine house to its left and part of the chimney base to the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.696681
Longitude
-2.297265