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Title: Gibson Mill - ALC09029
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Gibson Mill - ALC09029
Description
Gibson Mill, built in around 1800, is situated within Hardcastle Crags woodland beside Hebden Water. It was one of the first mills of the Industrial Revolution. The mill was driven by a water wheel and produced cotton cloth up until 1890. In 1833, twenty-one workers were employed, each working around seventy-two hours per week and living in the adjacent mill workers’ cottages. In the early 1900s, Gibson Mill began to be used as an ‘entertainment emporium’ for the local people. It offered dining saloons, a dance hall, a roller-skating rink, refreshment kiosks and boating on the millpond. After the Second World War, the mill slipped into disuse and was acquired by the National Trust in 1950. From National Trust publicity.
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
ALC09029.tif
Collection
Citation
“Gibson Mill - ALC09029,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 16, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/18303.
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