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Brooklands Mill, Leigh
A five storey spinning mill by the Bridgewater Canal and built in 1893 with a 1200 horsepower J & E Wood mill engine. Now in multiple occupancy. The chimney has been demolished.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 25 Jun 2016
0.10 miles
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Brooklands Mill, Leigh
A five storey spinning mill by the Bridgewater Canal and built in 1893 with a 1200 horsepower J & E Wood mill engine. Now in multiple occupancy. The chimney has been demolished.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 25 Jun 2016
0.11 miles
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Brooklands Mill, Leigh
Brooklands is closest and Mather Lane Mill is right background. The Brookland Mill engine house is visible and was home to a J & E Wood horizontal cross compound.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 17 Jul 1988
0.11 miles
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The way into Leigh by canal
Brooklands Mill on the left, with the engine house identifiable from its tall windows; Mather Lane Mill straight ahead. Taken from the former Thomas Clayton (Oldbury) Ltd oil tanker 'Spey'.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 18 Sep 2009
0.12 miles
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A block of the former Mather Lane Mills
This is the block south of the Bridgewater Canal
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse
Taken: 2 Apr 2024
0.12 miles
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Brooklands Mill, Leigh - an impressive entrance
A five storey spinning mill by the Bridgewater Canal and built in 1893 with a 1200 horsepower J & E Wood mill engine. Now in multiple occupancy. The chimney has been demolished. This shows the imposing entrance to the three storey office block that is next to the stair tower.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 25 Jun 2016
0.12 miles
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Brooklands Mill, Leigh
A five storey spinning mill by the Bridgewater Canal and built in 1893 with a 1200 horsepower J & E Wood mill engine. Now in multiple occupancy. The chimney has been demolished. The large engine house is in the left background. The closer three storey section appears to be the mill's offices. They were often detached. There is a large and impressive door to the offices (seen in a separate photograph).
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 25 Jun 2016
0.12 miles
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Bridgewater Canal
Looking east along the Bridgewater Canal from Bedford Basin.
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Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Mar 2011
0.13 miles
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Mather Lane Bridge 1976
Mather Lane Mill, just beyond the bridge, is still standing, as is the building on the far left, though it is empty. The building immediately to the right of the bridge was, once upon a time, the Navigation Inn. The site is now occupied by low rise flats.
Image: © Chris Denny
Taken: Unknown
0.13 miles
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Bridgewater Canal, Mather Lane Bridge
The Bridge at Mather Lane. To the right of the bridge is the Mather Lane Mill.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Mar 2011
0.13 miles