IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Long Clough, OLDHAM, OL2 5EG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Long Clough, OL2 5EG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (12 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
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Broadway , Royton
View looking alone Broadway towards Chadderton. The wall is that of some large houses. There are high hedges to keep them private.
Image: © Stephen Darlington
Taken: 12 Jun 2012
0.18 miles
3
Elk Mill
Built 1926 and driven by a Parsons steam turbine that drove the mill by ropes and the neighbouring Shiloh Mills by electricity. Scrapped in 1983.
The mill finally closed in 1998.
It used cotton mules until 1974.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Jun 1983
0.19 miles
4
Elk Mill
Seen from the location of the demolished Shiloh Mills that received electricity from Elk, The engine house is just visible to the right of the chimney.
Awful against the light picture that I've adjusted as best I can.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Jun 1983
0.19 miles
9
School building work
Due to changes in the provision of Roman Catholic High Schools in the Oldham area , work is being done at what was Our Lady's Royton
Image: © Stephen Darlington
Taken: 12 Jun 2012
0.24 miles
10
Elk Mill, Royton
One of the last cotton spinning mills to be built (there were one or two around 1926) in Lancashire and opened 1927. Was driven by a Parsons steam turbine. The mill cost £250,000 and employed 400. Finally closed 1998. Now demolished.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 17 Mar 1990
0.24 miles