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Title: Copperas House - HPC00293
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Title
Copperas House - HPC00293
Description
NAME: COPPERAS HOUSE MILL
LOCATION: Rochdale Road, Knowl Wood
REF: CD15
GRID REF: 931 228
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Only a small part of this site remains – a small two storey stone building and a single storey shed. Hand carpet weaving was taking place on this site by the 1830’s, and the mill was later extended. There was also a chemical and copperas works here. This was converted to warp sizing C1870.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: Little left to see of this site now. The remaining parts are subdivided between small chemical, packing and dyeing concerns.
Information from a mill survey carried out in 1984.
Photo taken c1985.
LOCATION: Rochdale Road, Knowl Wood
REF: CD15
GRID REF: 931 228
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Only a small part of this site remains – a small two storey stone building and a single storey shed. Hand carpet weaving was taking place on this site by the 1830’s, and the mill was later extended. There was also a chemical and copperas works here. This was converted to warp sizing C1870.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: Little left to see of this site now. The remaining parts are subdivided between small chemical, packing and dyeing concerns.
Information from a mill survey carried out in 1984.
Photo taken c1985.
Creator
Harry Pogson
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HPC00293.tif
Collection
Citation
Harry Pogson, “Copperas House - HPC00293,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7726.
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