Template:Harle Syke mills
| Name | Architect | Location | Built | Demolished | Served (Years) |
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| Briercliffe Mill | 53°48′44″N 2°12′13″W / 53.8121°N 2.2037°W | ||||
| Notes: Faces Burnley Road.[1] | |||||
Harle Syke Shed
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53°48′44″N 2°12′15″W / 53.8122°N 2.2041°W | ||||
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Notes: The Haggate Joint Stock Commercial Company opened it in 1858 as a production mill, but reorganised it in 1865 to become a 'room and power' company. Seven producer partnerships were formed by the shareholders who had been allocated looms on a pro rata basis. The companies consolidated into four main businesses. Shares in the room and power 'walls' company were traded resulting in a smaller number of shareholders with larger investments. In 1903, the 'walls' liquidated passing assets to the Harle Syke Mill Company which built a new larger shed, jokingly called Siberia Shed after a delay in providing a heating system. The mill engine which is now displayed in the Science Museum, London, was upgraded.[2] | ||||
| Hill End Mill | |||||
| Notes: In Lane Bottom[3] | |||||
| Kings Mill | SD868349 53°48′36″N 2°12′07″W / 53.810°N 2.202°W | ||||
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| Oxford Mill | SD8635 53°48′N 2°12′W / 53.8°N 2.2°W | ||||
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Notes: Faces Burnley Road. | ||||
| Primrose Mill | SD8635 53°48′N 2°12′W / 53.8°N 2.2°W | ||||
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Notes: Room and power weaving shed. Now demolished. It was powered by a Pollit & Wigzell horizontal tandem compound steam engine. | ||||
| Queen Street Mill | SD868349 53°48′36″N 2°12′07″W / 53.810°N 2.202°W | 1894 | Standing | 130 | |
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Notes: The mill was built in 1894. It was powered by a 500hp tandem compound by William Roberts of Nelson. 300 of the original 1138 Harling & Todd and Pemberton Lancashire looms are still in situ and workable. Now a textile museum run by Lancashire Museums (closed to the public from 30 September 2016).[4] | ||||
| Siberia Mill | 53°48′45″N 2°12′18″W / 53.8124°N 2.2051°W | ||||
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Notes: Now industrial units occupy the weaving shed. | ||||
| Walshaw Mill | 53°48′37″N 2°12′22″W / 53.8103°N 2.2062°W | ||||
| Notes: This was the second 20th-century mill; it faces Talbot Street. It was incorporated 5 January 1905. It was financed with 12000 £1 shares and recapitalised later with an additional 30000. It started with 586 looms which was subsequently increased. It now is used by a pharmaceutical distribution company. [3] | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Bythell & Frost 2009, p. 32.
- ^ Bythell & Frost 2009, pp. 10, .
- ^ a b Bythell & Frost 2009, p. 37.
- ^ Queen Street Mill
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