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Title: Midgehole Dyeworks, Hebden Bridge - DMC00490
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Title
Midgehole Dyeworks, Hebden Bridge - DMC00490
Description
The crane was installing a new roof (July 2000).
A fulling mill existed in the area prior to the 16th century which had been replaced and extended. In 1861, Worrals a firm of dyers and finishers from Salford bought the newly built dyeworks and lower mill and extended the water supply by creating a system of long narrow storage dams in Bridge Clough, which can still be seen. A boiler explosion in the 1860s caused serious injuries but by the 1880s safety had been improved and recreational facilities provided for the workforce. The dyeworks closed in 2009.
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A fulling mill existed in the area prior to the 16th century which had been replaced and extended. In 1861, Worrals a firm of dyers and finishers from Salford bought the newly built dyeworks and lower mill and extended the water supply by creating a system of long narrow storage dams in Bridge Clough, which can still be seen. A boiler explosion in the 1860s caused serious injuries but by the 1880s safety had been improved and recreational facilities provided for the workforce. The dyeworks closed in 2009.
Courtesy of Fustianopolis.co.uk
Creator
David Martin
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
2000-07-10T17:32:41+01:00
Rights
PHDA - David Martin Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
DMC00490.tif
Collection
Citation
David Martin, “Midgehole Dyeworks, Hebden Bridge - DMC00490,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/4761.
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