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Lamma Well Road, HOLMFIRTH, HD9 2SN

At the junction with Lamma Well Road, the sets down the middle of the steep lane would have been installed for the benefit of horse-drawn carts, serving the nearby mills.

I was particularly intrigued by the steeple. The owner told me that it was from a demolished church, and he had brought it all the way from Wakefield. The remains of the mills are in the background.

Probably maintained for fishing. Fed by a picturesque waterfall.

There is little left of the mill buildings, but this wall has some tiling with interesting patterns. Someone might remember working here! It looks as if some new building work has started inside the shell of the old building.

Still in commercial use.

Green Lane Mill (Woollen) is the third mill following the river downstream, and is still in use for industrial purposes. This view is of one of two stone arches over the channel, perhaps built to support a building over the river, and was taken immediately upstream of the mill building. There was a long, thin millpond alongside the river on the eastern side, but this is no longer coloured blue on the large-scale OS map.

Agnes is a 600 horsepower horizontal tandem compound steam built by Pollit & Wigzell in 1909. She was latterly tended by the late Herbert White who is seen here preparing her to run on my behalf. Agnes is now at Markham Grange Steam Museum.

Agnes is one of my favourite engines but is no longer at this location, indeed the engine house's site has been cleared. Agnes is a horizontal tandem compound condensing mill engine built in 1909 by Pollit & Wigzell of Sowerby Bridge. The Corliss valve cylinders are 18" & 36" bores by 4' stroke. Operating speed was 80 rpm on steam at 160 psi and it developed 600 indicated horsepower. The 16' flywheel drove via ropes to a large alternator next door and to some limited machinery in part of the mill. The engine was in regular use until early 1980 and was then run just for show, usually on Friday afternoons. This view is from alongside the high pressure cylinder looking towards the crank. The latter is in the starting position and a few moments later the engine was running. This is Pollit & Wigzell's patent three piston rod design with the two low pressure rods passing either side of the high pressure cylinder. The shiny rod coming from the right hand edge is one of the low pressure rods. This made for a slightly shorter and more compact engine. The plastic pipe above the engine is not original and was a replacement condensing water supply. The little shelf on the end wall once held a gas meter.

Agnes is one of my favourite engines but is no longer at this location, indeed the engine house's site has been cleared. Agnes is a horizontal tandem compound condensing mill engine built in 1909 by Pollit & Wigzell of Sowerby Bridge. The Corliss valve cylinders are 18" & 36" bores by 4' stroke. Operating speed was 80 rpm on steam at 160 psi and it developed 600 indicated horsepower. The 16' flywheel drove via ropes to a large alternator next door and to some limited machinery in part of the mill. The engine was in regular use until early 1980 and was then run just for show, usually on Friday afternoons. This shows the high pressure cylinder valve gear under the control of the Lumb governor and regulator. In the background the crank is in the correct starting position, ready to start turning as soon as the stop valve is wound open. The three ropes bottom right drive the governor.