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Sewing Room, Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1914 - CWS00165
Sewing, hand finishing and stitching off.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00101
Percy Pollard, mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, and the fixed water level indicator between the two glass water gauges, the pipes and valves on the left werefor the water injector that put water into the boiler under pressure.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00105
This turbine, situated near Sandy Gate, generated electricty using the water from the reservoir on Wadsworth Moor. The cables near the generator would have gone up to the mill.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00106
This mains electric motor would drive the mill. When the reservoir was full and over-flowed the water would drive the turbine near Sandy Gate. The steam engine would be disconnected but the steam boiler would still be used for washing wool.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00107
The belt drive from the first motion shaft tothe second motion shaft. The wooden sliding door was the entrance to the battery room which was full of lead acid batteries to power the 110 volt lighting in the mill as there was no mains electricty.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00108
The engineer's workshop situated over the Boiler House all the machines were made by Dixons of Keighley
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00109
c1960, flywheel, governor, starting handle.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00113
This boiler ran the steam engine and, heated the mill, and washed the wool. The hopper and automatic stokers were made by "Proctors" of Burnley.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00115
The parallel motion piston connecting rod to beam.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00120
View of high pressure cylinder, note the flywheel and connecting rod.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00121
Percy Pollard inspecting missing tooth on gear wheel on No 1 motion shaft. This other gear wheel is connected to the main drive electric motor.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00122
c1960. Machine for making wool "Tops".
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00127
View from fitting shop into a machine shop. The drawing office can be seen through the glass window, note the heating pipes in the roof truss.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00128
Horizontal log bandsaw.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00129
Double ended tenoning machine in fitting shop, looking toward the old mill bottom.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00130
c1935. Vertical log saw, here it was in the fitting shop, after building extension it became the machine shop.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00132
c1967, a gang chain morticer. Wilie Cole.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00133
Derek Pollard on left, Roy Baker on right, both fitters working on a two drum sanding machine. In background is the centre lathe turning department. Roy later became the dynamite worker on the building of the M62.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00135
Large planing machine for Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for making lock gates, in fitting shop looking towards old mill bottom. Eric Warrington and Herbert Ellison are both in the picture.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00136
Machine/fitting shop. See the big crane, the driver was John Cockroft whose father was the architect of the trestle bridge at Blake Dean.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00137
Horizontal log bandsaw in fitting shop. c1950
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00139
Veneer peeler
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00140
Saw sharpening and setting machine