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Title: Wainstalls Mill, Halifax - PNH00287
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Wainstalls Mill, Halifax - PNH00287
Description
I&I Calvert Ltd., 1821 - 1951.
The earliest recorded mill on this site, in a small ravine below the village of Wainstalls, was around 1810. Between 1821 and 1831 a number of small mills were constructed here, which has four water wheels between them. Only one of these buildings now remains – a five and six storey stone built mill of Spartan design. Adjacent remains of walls, water courses and dam now only give a faint impression of what must have been a busy industrial site.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The surviving mill building is partly used for chicken farming, and is generally in a rather dilapidated condition. A new house is being constructed on part of the site. The site is of interest to industrial archaeologists and the remaining building, in its dramatic location, is a noteworthy example of an early mill.
The earliest recorded mill on this site, in a small ravine below the village of Wainstalls, was around 1810. Between 1821 and 1831 a number of small mills were constructed here, which has four water wheels between them. Only one of these buildings now remains – a five and six storey stone built mill of Spartan design. Adjacent remains of walls, water courses and dam now only give a faint impression of what must have been a busy industrial site.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The surviving mill building is partly used for chicken farming, and is generally in a rather dilapidated condition. A new house is being constructed on part of the site. The site is of interest to industrial archaeologists and the remaining building, in its dramatic location, is a noteworthy example of an early mill.
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PHDA - Pennine Heritage Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
PNH00287.tif
Collection
Citation
“Wainstalls Mill, Halifax - PNH00287,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/33840.
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