IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sycamore Avenue, OLDHAM, OL4 2EL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Sycamore Avenue, OL4 2EL 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.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (21 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Greenacres
Looking eastwards along Greenacres Road, Oldham, with the Green Acres pub on the left and the entrance to Greenacres Cemetery on the right.
Image: © Martin Clark
Taken: Unknown
0.15 miles
2
Cairo Mill engine house, Lees
Built by the Cairo Mill Co in 1903 and extended 1914. Architect P S Stott. Spindleage in 1954 was 53,442 mule, 37,416 ring and 10,940 doubling. Ceased production 1958 and re-opened as Ferranti electronics factory in 1962. Information for Gurr & Hunt, The Cotton Mills of Oldham.
Arthur Roberts gives the engine details as - 1000 horsepower inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine by George Saxon. 18.5", 29" & 47" x 4' stroke. 180 psi, 75 rpm. 22' diameter flywheel.
The engine was in the projecting engine house with tall windows and rope drive to the mill.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.16 miles
3
Cairo Mill
Built by the Cairo Mill Co in 1903 and extended 1914. Architect P S Stott. Spindleage in 1954 was 53,442 mule, 37,416 ring and 10,940 doubling. Ceased production 1958 and re-opened as Ferranti electronics factory in 1962. Information for Gurr & Hunt, The Cotton Mills of Oldham.
Arthur Roberts gives the engine details as - 1000 horsepower inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine by George Saxon. 18.5", 29" & 47" x 4' stroke. 180 psi, 75 rpm. 22' diameter flywheel.
The engine was in the projecting engine house with rope drive to the mill.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.16 miles
4
Cairo Mill
Built by the Cairo Mill Co in 1903 and extended 1914. Architrect P S Stott. Spindleage in 1954 was 53,442 mule, 37,416 ring and 10,940 doubling. Ceased production 1958 and re-opened as Ferranti electronics factory in 1962. Information for Gurr & Hunt, The Cotton Mills of Oldham.
Arthur Roberts gives the engine details as - 1000 horsepower inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine by George Saxon. 18.5", 29" & 47" x 4' stroke. 180 psi, 75 rpm. 22' diameter flywheel.
The engine was in the projecting engine house with rope drive to the mill.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
5
Cairo Mill
Built by the Cairo Mill Co in 1903 and extended 1914. Architect P S Stott. Spindleage in 1954 was 53,442 mule, 37,416 ring and 10,940 doubling. Ceased production 1958 and re-opened as Ferranti electronics factory in 1962. Information for Gurr & Hunt, The Cotton Mills of Oldham.
Arthur Roberts gives the engine details as - 1000 horsepower inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine by George Saxon. 18.5", 29" & 47" x 4' stroke. 180 psi, 75 rpm. 22' diameter flywheel.
The engine was in the projecting engine house with rope drive to the mill.
Orme Mill and Majestic Mill are seen beyond.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
6
Jubilee Mill, Waterhead
Erected c1848 as Hague Street Mill and re-named in 1887 as a patriotic gesture. Spinning mill with 12,500 spindles in 1923 (a small one) and a 400 horsepower engine built in 1902 by Wood Bros of Sowerby Bridge. Ceased to operate in 1959 and now occupied by an engineering firm.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
7
Cairo Mill
Built by the Cairo Mill Co in 1903 and extended 1914. Architrect P S Stott. Spindleage in 1954 was 53,442 mule, 37,416 ring and 10,940 doubling. Ceased production 1958 and re-opened as Ferranti electronics factory in 1962. Information for Gurr & Hunt, The Cotton Mills of Oldham.
Arthur Roberts gives the engine details as - 1000 horsepower inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine by George Saxon. 18.5", 29" & 47" x 4' stroke. 180 psi, 75 rpm. 22' diameter flywheel.
The engine was in the projecting engine house with rope drive to the mill.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
9
Jubilee Mill, Hague Street, Waterhead
Erected c1848 as Hague Street Mill and re-named in 1887 as a patriotic gesture. Spinning mill with 12,500 spindles in 1923 (a small one) and a 400 horsepower engine built in 1902 by Wood Bros of Sowerby Bridge. Ceased to operate in 1959 and now occupied by an engineering firm.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
10
Cairo Mill, Lees, Oldham
Built by the Cairo Mill Co in 1903 and extended 1914. Architect P S Stott. Spindleage in 1954 was 53,442 mule, 37,416 ring and 10,940 doubling. Ceased production 1958 and re-opened as Ferranti electronics factory in 1962. Information for Gurr & Hunt, The Cotton Mills of Oldham.
Arthur Roberts gives the engine details as - 1000 horsepower inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine by George Saxon. 18.5", 29" & 47" x 4' stroke. 180 psi, 75 rpm. 22' diameter flywheel.
The engine was in the projecting engine house with rope drive to the mill.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles