IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Shipton Street, BOLTON, BL1 4QD
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This page details the photographs taken nearby to Shipton Street, BL1 4QD by members of the Geograph project.
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Back Shipton Street, Bolton
A back alley with cobbles behind terraced workers' housing in Bolton. Redolent of Coronation Street and still to be seen in the 21st century. In retrospect, I should have walked up a bit and turned round to photograph the huge mill at the end of the street.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.02 miles
2
Back Sofa Street, Bolton
There is a works on the left and 'Coronation Street' style terraced housing to the right. The cobbles are a pleasant survival.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.04 miles
3
Atlas No. 8 Mill
Built in 1866 as Shipton Mill and initially occupied by James Whittaker and Son. Became Atlas No. 8 Mills, part of the Musgrave empire, by sometime after 1900. By the 1930s it was in use by an engineering company and is now apartments.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.04 miles
4
Looking along Bentinck Street, Bolton
The mill in the distance is Atlas No. 8 Mill. There is a more modest works in the foreground at the junction with Sofa Street. Part of this complex is Opal Works, home of Metal Solutions.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.06 miles
5
Atlas Nos 8 & 6 Mills, Bolton
On the right is Atlas No. 8 Mill. Built in 1866 as Shipton Mill and initially occupied by James Whittaker and Son. Became Atlas No. 8 Mills, part of the Musgrave empire, by sometime after 1900. By the 1930s it was in use by an engineering company and is now apartments. No. 6 Mill and its large projecting engine house is across the road crossing the bottom of the street.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.06 miles
6
Bute Street and Atlas No. 8 Mill, Bolton
On the left is Atlas No. 8 Mill. Built in 1866 as Shipton Mill and initially occupied by James Whittaker and Son. Became Atlas No. 8 Mills, part of the Musgrave empire, by sometime after 1900. By the 1930s it was in use by an engineering company and is now apartments.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.06 miles
7
Bute Street, Bolton
Typical Victoria workers' houses in Bolton. I am sure this is what Tony Warren had in mind when thinking up Coronation Street some 60 years ago. Its real-life counterpart is still to be found in the 21st century.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.06 miles
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Atlas No. 6 Mill, Bolton
One of 8 Atlas Mills. This one was built in 1887 for cotton spinning by John Musgrave and Sons and is now owned by a building supplies company. The large projecting engine house housed a large Musgrave horizontal mill engine and its barring engine is now on display in the Bolton Steam museum nearby.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.07 miles
9
Atlas No. 7 Mill
Looking down Sofa Street. There were 8 Atlas Mills with Nos. 5 & 8 originally in other ownership and acquired by the Musgrave empire at a later date. No. 7 was built in 1887 and was the only one built as a weaving shed. No. 6's Musgrave twin tandem compound engine powered No. 6 and No. 7. Its barring engine survives only a few yards away in the Bolton Steam Museum.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.08 miles
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Atlas No. 6 Mill, Bolton
Seen from Bute Street. One of 8 Atlas Mills. This one was built in 1887 for cotton spinning by John Musgrave and Sons and is now owned by a building supplies company. The large projecting engine house contained a large Musgrave horizontal twin tandem compound mill engine and its barring engine is now on display in the Bolton Steam museum nearby.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Mar 2012
0.08 miles