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Mons Mill - MOT00206
Miss Heyworth pushing down sliver into a card can, Mons mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00205
Mrs Payne, right, at her drawing frame with Mr Melton, the Head Carder, Mons Mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00204
View inside the card room at Mons Mill, 1936.
Mons Mill - MOT00203
The boiler room was located below the engine house
Mons Mill - MOT00202
View of the magnificent tiled engine house at Mons Mill, in 1936.
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00201
View of the magnificent tiled engine house at Mons Mill, in 1936.
Joshua Smith's - MOT00188
View across the main weaving shed at Joshua Smith's, 1912.
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00187
The 2nd motion and DC generator
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00186
The horizontal cross compound steam engine, installed in 1896, was capable of driving up to 900 bhp and powered the whole of the factory by a rope pulley system.
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00185
Carson Whiteside, Chief Engineer. In 1959 the steam engine became redundant and in 1960 it was dismantled by a small gang headed by Corson Whiteside, the chief engineer. The flywheel was 20 ft in diameter and each spoke weighed over 19 cwt.
Waterside Mill - MOT00180
During the hey-day of the weaving activities the sheds were powered by a pair of steam engines of 1,000 hp, which were named 'Sam' and 'John' after the two eldest surviving Fielden sons. The photograph shows Leslie Baron who was in charge of the…
Albion Mill - MOT00178
The beam engine which once powered Albion Mill, Halifax Road, formerly owned by John Dawson & Sons Ltd.
Albion Mill - MOT00177
The Lancashire boiler at Albion Mill, showing the coal hoppers.
Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00170
Wood block printers at Ramsden Wood works. The man standing on the left of the table is Matthew Barr, of Walsden.
Heptonstall Churches - LLG00274
The tower of the 'new' Victorian church seen through the arches of the ruined Old Church
Heptonstall Church - LLG00218
The church was re-opened in 1964 after re-ordering. It was paid for from a 1956 bequest from Abraham Gibson of Greenwood Lee. Also in 1964 the Lady Chapel was moved to the old vestry under the East end of the church.
Oakwell Hall, Plaster Work to Windows - HLS05991
Slide 13. The sides of the mullioned windows in the same room are ornamented with some quaintly designed decoration plaster panels.
Heath Old Hall, Chimney Piece in Long Gallery - HLS05901
Slide 6: Mr John Wombwell, an East Indian Nabob (a person, especially a European, who has made a large fortune in India or another country of the East), who lived here towards the end of the eighteenth century, is said to have spent a large sum of…
Heath Old Hall, Inner Hall and Staircase - HLS05900
Slide 5: The central hall as shown on slide, was formerly open to the sky to give light to the gallery on the first floor.
This well was afterwards roofed in, covered with glass by the Right honourable John Smythe, the owner of the Mansion. A…
This well was afterwards roofed in, covered with glass by the Right honourable John Smythe, the owner of the Mansion. A…
Heptonstall New Church Nave. - HLS05153
The old medieval church was badly damaged by a gale in 1847 but rather than repairing it a decision was taken to build a new church adjacent to it. Dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle this opened in 1854. This photo was taken before the re-ordering of…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05107
HLS05107. Wholesale Clothing Shop warehouse pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy or other heavy fustians such as…