Machell's shoddy and mungo mill, Dewsbury
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Machell's shoddy and mungo mill, Dewsbury
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 4 Sep 2022
A familiar sight to generations of rail travellers, this former textile mill has now been converted to apartments. Shoddy and mungo were different grades of recycled wool fibre used for lower grade cloth, hence the use of the term 'shoddy' to mean something of poor quality.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.693606
Longitude
-1.630746