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.
The floor showing the pit for the big planing machine. The red brick building in the centre was Waites' bakery. Waite's ceased trading after the disastrous floods of boxing Day 2015, when not only their shops were flooded but the bakery as well.
The lorry is carrying a copper drying cylinder made by Geo. Whitehead & Sons at their Salford Works. This type of cylinder was used in the sizing process at firms such as Matthew Stuttard's, Warp Sizers, of Knowlwood Mill.