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Mons Mill - MOT00210
Mons Mill works outing to Filey and Scarborough, 1947.
Springside, Todmorden, c1910 - MOT00419
View looking towards Springside from Lob Mill area, c1910.
The long wooden building by the canalside was originally a rope works, erected Jonas Clegg in 1887.
The buildings on the roadside have all disappeared, along with the place names: Nell Cote…
The long wooden building by the canalside was originally a rope works, erected Jonas Clegg in 1887.
The buildings on the roadside have all disappeared, along with the place names: Nell Cote…
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…
Industrial Units Being Built - MOT00422
Calderdale's small industrial units were built on the site of Salford Mill in 1980.
Sunnyside, Todmorden - MOT00423
Todmorden's earliest industrial 'estate', viewed from Sunnyside about 1905.
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.
Gauxholme, todmorden - MOT00426
View over Gauxholme industrial area, 1960.
Lydgate in the late 19th Century - MOT00427
Canteen Mill can be seen in the foreground. Nott Wood Viaduct on the 'Copy Pit Line' between Todmorden and Burnley is across the top.
Castle Street area of Todmorden, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel - MOT00428
The Castle Street area, Halifax Road, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel. The scene is dominated by Cinderhill Mills. The Rose and Crown Inn can be seen in the lower centre.
Hollins Mill, Walsden - MOT00429
This former spinning mill and weaving sheds were built in 1856-8 by Abraham Ormerod & Bros. The mill was purchased by Caleb Hoyle in 1904. At the time of this photograph, about 1962, the four-storey building was occupied by Sunway Blinds. The shed on…
Lobb Mill, Todmorden around 1902-6. - MOT00431
The five arch viaduct on the Manchester & Leeds Railway is right of centre and the Rochdale Canal to the left.
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 - 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,…
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,…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00220
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, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00221
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, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00222
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, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Wilson Bros Bobbin Company Ltd. - MOT00223
Cornholme Bobbin Works, Todmorden.
Wilson's Bobbin Mill, Cornholme - MOT00224
The bobbin works at the height of its power in the early 1900s.
Bobbin Mill Close, 1986. - MOT00225
Following the partial demolition of the mill in the late 1950s the site lay derelict for many years and now forms a local authority housing area.
Burnley Road, Cornholme - MOT00226
General view of Burnley Road, Cornholme, dominated by Wilson Bros' mill and their factory clock, 1905
Wilson's Fire Brigade - MOT00227
Wilson Bros Fire Brigade - After numerous disastrous fires at their Cornholme bobbin works (the mill was rebuilt twice following fire destruction), Wilson Bros formed their own fire brigade which also attended domestic as well as mill fires…
Stationary Fire Engine - MOT00228
Wilson Bros' Fire Engine 1905-10 - Wilson's Mill had a stationary fire engine, or pump was strategically placed for immediate use within this woodworking factory. The fire crew would operate a mobile engine for use in the Cornholme district.