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Mona age 10 .Stanley age 8 .Marion age 6 - DEP00457
Photo taken at Scout Road School.
Mon's Mill, Todmorden - DEP00365
Percy Pollard at the engine starting valve.
Mon's Mill, Todmorden - DEP00364
Percy Pollard at the engine starting valve.
Mon's Mill, Todmorden - DEP00361
Percy Pollard beside the huge flywheel.
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, Hebden Bridge - DEP00112
The Boiler House. A lot of coal was stored outside, it was brought from Sharlston Colliery near Wakefield . The man in the picture was the boiler fireman.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00111
This Thorneycroft Wagon would pick up raw wool from the conditioning house at Bradford, and then deliver the washed, carded and combed wool "Tops" to customers. The wagon also brought coal from Sharleston Colliery. The wagon driver was John Birket.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00110
Mitchell Bros Mill and Old Town Hall. c1957. Situated above Hebden Bridge.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00109
c1960, flywheel, governor, starting handle.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - DEP00102
Percy Pollard and his son Derek inside the Lancashire Boiler; they are sitting on the two tubes. The bioler had to be descaled and inspected every year.
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 - DEP00100
Percy Pollard, Mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, the engine was made by Woodhouse & Mitchell in Brighouse
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00125
Composite picture of the gates of Mitchell's Mill.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00124
Boston Hill Estate, the house of the Mitchell family was next to Mitchell Bros Mill and is now Old town Cricket Club.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00123
Edward Teasdale (rear) and 2 engineers from Cole, Marchant & Morley Ltd., Bradford, on canteen steps at Mitchell Bros.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00122
c1960. Machine for making wool "Tops".
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 - DEP00120
View of high pressure cylinder, note the flywheel and connecting rod.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00119
Plan showing mill line of pipe to Sandy Gate.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00118
Plan showing mill and Old Town Hall.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00117
Plan showing mill and Old Town Hall.