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Pennine Magazine Reunion, 2009 - FJW00200
Hilary Darby, Lord & Lady Shutt
Queen Street Mill near Burnley - FJW00295
This is the last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill.
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
View of Mytholmroyd showing Scarbottom Mill. - GMA00103
View of Mythomroyd showing Scarbottom Mill. Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book "A Village Childhood" c1937. Also a good view of the railway parcels shed and sorting sidings to the right of the station, both dismantled following…
Scarbottom Mill, Mytholmroyd - GMA00117
Scarbottom cottages and the north side of the mill. Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book "A Village Childhood". The low building in fore ground was an air raid shelter.
Scarbottom Mill, Mytholmroyd - GMA00150
South side of the mill. Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book "A Village Childhood"
The Bridge at Gibson Mill - DMC00178
Bridge over Hebden Water at Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge.
Hebden Bridge - DMC00184
St Gearges Bridge over Hebden Water with the council Offices on the left of it and the chimney of Bridge Mill on the right.
St. George's Square, Hebden Bridge - DMC00191
The sculpture, by Mike Williams, is of a “fustian knife”, which also serves as a giant sundial gnomon (shadow caster). Fustian knives were used in the manufacture of corduroy, a fabric for which Hebden Bridge was known throughout the world.
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Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - DMC00199
Gibson Mill was built around 1800, is situated within Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. The mill was driven by a water wheel and produced cotton cloth up until 1890. In the early 1900s, the mill began to be used as a leisure facility offering a dance…
Lumbutts & Stoodley Pike - DMC00238
The water wheel tower for Lumbutts Mill can be is in the centre, with Lumbutts Methodist Chapel partially hidden by the trees to the right.
Lumbutts Mill - DMC00240
In about 1830 a series of four dams was constructed above the Fieldens’ Lumbutts Mill to feed a new water-wheel tower. This striking industrial monument housed three wheels, one vertically above the other, in an ingenious piece of engineering that…
Lumbutts & Stoodley Pike - DMC00241
In about 1830 a series of four dams was constructed above the Fieldens’ Lumbutts Mill to feed a new water-wheel tower. This striking industrial monument housed three wheels, one vertically above the other, in an ingenious piece of engineering that…
Lumbutts Mill & Stoodley Pike - DMC00242
In about 1830 a series of four dams was constructed above the Fieldens’ Lumbutts Mill to feed a new water-wheel tower. This striking industrial monument housed three wheels, one vertically above the other, in an ingenious piece of engineering that…
Lumbutts, Mankinholes & Stoodley Pike - DMC00243
Harvelin Park in middle distance.
Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags in 2006 - DMC00244
The mill is beautifully reflected in the waters of the mill dam.
Gibson Mill - Hardcastle Crags - DMC00248
Bridge over Hebden Water at Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge.
Woodhouse Mill - Todmorden - DMC00279
Woodhouse Mill was built in 1832 and spun cotton for a century until the Depression halted production. It remained empty for 50 years until it was bought by an enthusiast who planned an industrial heritage centre, but restoration was halted by the…
