Northern Mill Engine Society, Atlas Mill (deceased)
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Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 20 Apr 1987
This was the NMES's first museum in the engine room of Atlas No. 3 Mill, Bolton. Closed in 1991 and subsequently demolished. All the engines were relocated a couple of hundred yards to the No. 4 Cotton Store and are now back in steam.