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River Street, MACCLESFIELD, SK11 7NY

Off Windmill Street, Macclesfield.

Architectural salvage and other odds and ends; a yard off Mindmill Street, Macclesfield; with work being done to a property on the other side of the River Bollin, on Pool Street.

The River Bollin rises in Macclesfield Forest, to the south-east of the town; it is a tributary of the River Mersey. Here, it flows northwards (away from the camera) through Macclesfield.

This project had been ongoing for about 15 years but was never to be completed. Mr P Blackshaw was erecting this single cylinder beam engine in a former shop premises that were part of his engineering works. The engine is possibly of 1840s vintage and was used at Macclesfield Steam Saw Mills, last running in 1912 and being removed c1959. Reconstruction started c1978. It is a condensing engine with slide valve cylinder 20" x 36". It was subsequently moved to the National Trust's Styal Mill where it was returned to steaming condition - Image

The building on the left is Venture House Business Centre, which contains office accommodation; the main entrance, round the corner in Cross Street, has a modern glass facade.

Slabs of polished granite of many colours and figures in the yard of Whitby's WGP. Gravestones and kitchen worktops are the main uses advertised.

Brick built with stone slate roofs, dating back to the days of Macclesfield's silk manufacturing.

Originally leading up the hill to the windmill that ground copper ore for smelting in the nearby Charles Roe factory. When the business was moved elsewhere after the death of Roe the mill was converted to more normal usage: grinding corn. The mill in the picture is one of a number of silk mills still standing in Macclesfield but all are used for different purposes. The River Bollin runs at the foot of the mill on this side and the road bridge over the London mainline is immediately at the photographer's feet.