IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Chapel Road, OLDHAM, OL8 4TA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Chapel Road, OL8 4TA 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 (74 Images Found)
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Distance
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Devon Mill, Hollinwood
A very clean and tidy former cotton spinning mill. The architect was G Stott and it was built in 1908 by Devon Mill Ltd. There were 91,000 Asa Lees spindles and a 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Ceased production 1962 and used since as a mail order warehouse. The chimney has been shortened and the lodge (cooling pond) has disappeared.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.01 miles
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Devon Mill, Hollinwood
A very clean and tidy former cotton spinning mill. The architect was G Stott and it was built in 1908 by Devon Mill Ltd. There were 91,000 Asa Lees spindles and a 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Ceased production 1962 and used since as a mail order warehouse. The chimney has been shortened and the lodge (cooling pond) has disappeared.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.01 miles
3
Devon Mill, Hollinwood
A very clean and tidy former cotton spinning mill. The architect was G Stott and it was built in 1908 by Devon Mill Ltd. There were 91,000 Asa Lees spindles and a 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Ceased production 1962 and used since as a mail order warehouse. The chimney has been shortened and the lodge (cooling pond) has disappeared.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.01 miles
4
Devon Mill, Hollinwood
A very clean and tidy former cotton spinning mill. The architect was G Stott and it was built in 1908 by Devon Mill Ltd. There were 91,000 Asa Lees spindles and a 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Ceased production 1962 and used since as a mail order warehouse. The chimney has been shortened and the lodge (cooling pond) has disappeared.
This view shows the projecting engine house and free-standing chimney. The lodge was probably between the engine house/chimney and the fence in front of the photographer.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.03 miles
5
A once typical Oldham scene
A mill and terraced houses, but the mills are slowly being demolished. This is Devon Mill in Hollinwood. A very clean and tidy former cotton spinning mill. The architect was G Stott and it was built in 1908 by Devon Mill Ltd. There were 91,000 Asa Lees spindles and a 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Ceased production 1962 and used since as a mail order warehouse. The chimney has been shortened and the lodge (cooling pond) has disappeared.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.04 miles
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Devon Mill, Hollinwood
This is a tidy spinning mill complete with truncated chimney and engine house. There is no longer a lodge
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.04 miles
8
Mill & Church - the two major influences
Well they once were. Mill six days a week and church on the seventh. The mill is already here in a more panoramic form. The back alley is much more "Corrie".
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 6 Aug 2006
0.07 miles
9
Derelict commercial premises
The property has some ornate original decoration but old OS maps give no indication of the original purpose of the building. The property is numbered 188-190 Chapel Road at the junction with Jenny Street
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse
Taken: 17 Mar 2023
0.13 miles
