IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Whitekirk Drive, MANCHESTER, M35 0TB
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Regent Mill looms above terrace housing at Failsworth
Viewed from Metrolink tram
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 20 Jul 2012
0.01 miles
2
Failsworth Mill, Failsworth
Opposite the junction of Ashton Road West and Dunkerley Avenue
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 27 Jan 2009
0.02 miles
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Ashton Road West, Failsworth
The local council is hoping to regenerate some of the mills. Just beyond is Tesco's, but some see this as a negative effect on the economic health of the area.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 2 Jun 2010
0.04 miles
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Failsworth Mill
This mill is opposite the better known Regent Mill in Failsworth. Owen Ashmore lists it as Failsworth Mill and it is also in Gurr and Hunt (The Cotton Mills of Oldham). Built 1897 and extended in 1901. Had 15,000 mule spindles in 1915. Chimney has gone but the boiler house (room for two Lancashire boilers), engine house (money on a horizontal cross compound) and rope race survive. The sloping section above the engine house indicates a rope drive and the metal plates in the square section indicate the bearing boxes for the shafts driving the two upper floors. You can divine a lot just by looking. I would welcome any further information.
Demolished for housing in 2014
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.04 miles
5
Dumb Barge on Rochdale Canal at Failsworth
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 22 Jul 2012
0.04 miles
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Rochdale Canal, Regent Mill
The former mill, built alongside the Rochdale Canalat Failsworth in 1906, is now used as a factory by Remington/Russell Hobbs.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 22 Jul 2012
0.04 miles
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Rochdale Canal
With Ashton Road West Bridge
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 27 Jan 2009
0.05 miles
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Regent Mill, Failsworth
The regent Mill, built alongside the Rochdale Canal in 1906, is now used as a factory by Remington/Russell Hobbs.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 22 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
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Regent Mill, Failsworth
This spinning mill was built in 1906 to the design of G Stott and housed 60,000 ring spindles driven by a Buckley and Taylor inverted vertical triple expansion engine of 1800 horsepower. The cylinders had Corliss valves and were 24", 39" & 63" bores x 4' 6" stroke. It ran at 75 revolutions per minute and drove by 36 ropes from the 26' diameter flywheel.
The mill ceased production in 1966 but remains in good condition and in alternative commercial use.
This view shows the massive engine house with its boarded up windows. This has nice decorative features without being overly ostentatious. Beyond is the stair tower with its hotel de ville type top. The boiler house (for four Lancashire boilers) and the chimney have both gone.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.05 miles