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Built in 1894 for the Queen Street Manufacturing Company the mill closed on the 12th March 1982 and was mothballed. The worlds only surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill. Bringing steam powered weaving to life.

On the outskirts of…

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Built in the late 1800s. Closed in 1999 and was destroyed by fire and subsequently demolished in 2019.

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Now Innovation gift shop and cafe.

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This is a high breast-shot wheel, which would have turned clock wise.

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Kenneth Bleasby Tennent at work on foster Mill chimney.

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Centre Vale Park in the foregroud

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Queen Street Mill, Briercliffe near Burnley. 1984

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Photographed before conversion for residential purposes.

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This photograph must be pre 24th March 1974, the date on which the cooling towers were demolished. For more information about the power station see http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/nostalgia/towers-that-refused-to-die-1-1922270

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PNH00831. View across the town with the Railway Station centre left. The locomotive and wagons date the photo at around 1880.

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PNH00830.March 1990. View over the Canal to Stoodley Pike.

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PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…

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PNH00818. Village scene with Murgatroyd's Oats Royd Mill on the skyline. The Mill was severely damaged by fire in February 1989 and the six storey mill building seen here was totally destroyed.

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Date unknown but prior to the construction of Calder High School in 1950. Cragg Road in the foreground.
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