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Water Power - MOT00162
Lumbutts in the 1900s.
Water Power - MOT00157
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
Water Power - MOT00156
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
Water Power - MOT00155
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
Water Power - MOT00154
Waterstalls Mill, Walsden. One of the earliest examples of a Fielden owned cotton mill, the ruins of which still bear evidence to the harnessing of water power for the spinning industry, comprising three dams feeding a large water wheel which, in…
Walton's Picker Works, c1910 - MOT00217
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Walton's Picker Works - MOT00219
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Walton's Picker Works - MOT00218
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00288
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00287
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00285
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00284
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00283
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
Volex Group Wiring Systems, Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00216
Mons Mill. under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex wiring harnesses into complete assembled systems for the automotive industry.
Volex Group Wiring Systems, Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00215
Mons Mill. under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex wiring harnesses into complete assembled systems for the automotive industry.
Volex Group Wiring Systems, Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00214
Hazel Hollows, centre, on the day of her retirement, Wednesday 17 April 1985.
Mons Mill, under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn, the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex…
Mons Mill, under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn, the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex…
Volex Group Wiring Systems, Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00213
Mons Mill. under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex wiring harnesses into complete assembled systems for the automotive industry.
Volex Group Wiring Systems, Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00212
Mons Mill. under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex wiring harnesses into complete assembled systems for the automotive industry.
View overlooking Springside, about 1900. - MOT00420
Springside 1910 - This view overlooking Springside provides a splendid record of the mills, which once dominated this part of the valley. In the foreground, lying between the river and the Rochdale canal is Nanholme Mill, which was used primarily for…
View over Walsden - MOT00160
Walsden, viewed from Gauxholme Stones, in the 1950s. the station just visible on the right. Clough Mill, in the foreground, is thought to be the first cotton mill in the Todmorden area. Through the years it has been occupied by a variety of trades…
View over Todmorden - MOT00424
One of the earliest known photographs of Todmorden, about 1866, showing the building of the Unitarian Church. Waterside Mill is in the foreground.
View over Todmorden - MOT00146
General view of Todmorden from Sunnyside in the early 1900s, with the main Manchester to Leeds railway lines arcing away to the left. The triangle not yet developed here.
View over Salford area of Todmorden - MOT00147
A view of the station goods yard overlooking the Salford area. Caleb Hoyle's private coal wagons can be seen in the siding. On the hillside can be seen the Unitarian Church built by the Fieldens.
View over Derdale, Todmorden - MOT00134
Panorama of the Derdale industrial area being served by barges on the Rochdale Canal. Centre left part of the town centre viaduct.