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Georgiana Street, BOLTON, BL4 7HQ

Typical mill-workers' terraced housing. The GR pillar box is "87 Cawdor Street (ref. BL4 73)"

A fine pair of cast-iron gateposts, pretending to be stone.

6-storey spinning mill, probably dating from around 1905, built as an extension to the original Bolton Textile Mill which has now been demolished. The projecting mill engine house is not seen in this view but powered the mill by cotton ropes. The rope race now contains a goods lift and the engine house is a loading bay. This view concentrates on the gate posts into the mill yard.

This mill dates to about 1905 and has seen better days. This is the once magnificent engine house that is now a loading bay. The rope race contains an enormous goods lift. The foundations of the engine have been dug out and the original floor level would have been just below the tiled sections seen on the far wall. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders, with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915. Some kind person let us in on a Sunday morning having seen us peering through gaps around the doors.

6-storey spinning mill, probably dating from around 1905, built as an extension to the original Bolton Textile Mill which has now been demolished. The projecting mill engine house powered the mill by cotton ropes. The rope race now contains a goods lift and the engine house is a loading bay. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders, with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915. I wonder if the stone wall and railings on the right mark the remains of a former lodge (cooling water pond).

6-storey spinning mill, probably dating from around 1905, built as an extension to the original Bolton Textile Mill which has now been demolished. The projecting mill engine house. The rope race now contains a goods lift and the engine house is a loading bay. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders, with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915.

6-storey spinning mill, probably dating from around 1905, built as an extension to the original Bolton Textile Mill which has now been demolished. The projecting mill engine house powered the mill by cotton ropes. The rope race now contains a goods lift and the engine house is a loading bay. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders, with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915.

This mill dates to about 1905 and has seen better days. This is the once magnificent engine house that is now a loading bay. The rope race contains an enormous goods lift. The foundations of the engine have been dug out and the original floor level would have been just below the tiled sections seen on this wall. A contributor e-mailed me to say the engine was by John Musgrave (Bolton) and a 1,500hp cross-compound engine, 27" and 57" cylinders with a 60" stroke, Corliss valves on cylinders. A big engine in a big house. Apparently the engine bed was rebuilt in 1915. Some kind person let us in on a Sunday morning having seen us peering through gaps around the doors.

View from the north west with the engine house prominent. This has now been converted into a loading bay, but much of the decorative tiling of the interior can still be seen.