Mill no.1, Eckersley Mills

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 13 Jun 2023

Built in 1880 to a design by A H Stott and Sons of Oldham, Listed Grade II. It was the first of the modern ring spinning mills on the site. Currently under refurbishment as retail and business premises, as the message on the hoarding indicates. In the foreground some of the more recent industrial development which has replaced earlier weaving sheds. Part of the large spinning and weaving complex developed by the Eckersley family in the late 19th and early 20th century. The three extant mills replaced earlier mills and weaving sheds from the first half of the 19th century. Eckersleys’ colossal works were, at the height of production in the 1920s, one of the largest integrated textile manufactories in the country, operating more than 250,000 spindles and 1,650 looms in 6 spinning and 2 weaving mills.

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