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Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00100
Percy Pollard, Mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, the engine was made by Woodhouse & Mitchell in Brighouse
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00101
Percy Pollard, mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, and the fixed water level indicator between the two glass water gauges, the pipes and valves on the left werefor the water injector that put water into the boiler under pressure.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00102
Percy Pollard and his son Derek inside the Lancashire Boiler; they are sitting on the two tubes. The bioler had to be descaled and inspected every year.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00103
The Mitchell Mill reservoir on Wadsworth Moor. The water was used to power the turbine near Sandy Gate. The turbine was stopped or started by a large valve situated in a wooden hut over the mill dam.
Mitchell Bros Mill Dam, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00104
The wooden hut contained the large valve which controlled the flow of water in the 9” (225 mm) pipe flowing to the turbine, near Sandy Gate.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00105
This turbine, situated near Sandy Gate, generated electricty using the water from the reservoir on Wadsworth Moor. The cables near the generator would have gone up to the mill.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00106
This mains electric motor would drive the mill. When the reservoir was full and over-flowed the water would drive the turbine near Sandy Gate. The steam engine would be disconnected but the steam boiler would still be used for washing wool.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00107
The belt drive from the first motion shaft tothe second motion shaft. The wooden sliding door was the entrance to the battery room which was full of lead acid batteries to power the 110 volt lighting in the mill as there was no mains electricty.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00108
The engineer's workshop situated over the Boiler House all the machines were made by Dixons of Keighley
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00109
c1960, flywheel, governor, starting handle.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00110
Mitchell Bros Mill and Old Town Hall. c1957. Situated above Hebden Bridge.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00111
This Thorneycroft Wagon would pick up raw wool from the conditioning house at Bradford, and then deliver the washed, carded and combed wool "Tops" to customers. The wagon also brought coal from Sharleston Colliery. The wagon driver was John Birket.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00112
The Boiler House. A lot of coal was stored outside, it was brought from Sharlston Colliery near Wakefield . The man in the picture was the boiler fireman.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00113
This boiler ran the steam engine and, heated the mill, and washed the wool. The hopper and automatic stokers were made by "Proctors" of Burnley.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00114
Percy Pollard at this time was the steam engineer at Charlie Crabtree Mill in Blind Lane, Todmorden, in reserved war-time occupation. Boston Hill Cottages had been servants' quarters when the big house was still there. at this time it was all owned…
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00115
The parallel motion piston connecting rod to beam.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00116
Plan showing tunnel from reservoir to mill.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00117
Plan showing mill and Old Town Hall.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00118
Plan showing mill and Old Town Hall.