Notes: Built by John Charles Beard. Was extended in 1882 and 1884. Its spindleage in 1889, when it was a doublers and tape warp makers, was 10,000. Land now occupied by housing. [2][3]
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 97,000 Dobson & Barlow. Engine:George Saxon 1400hp. Used by Avro for manufacture of aircraft parts during World War II[2][7][8]
Grade II listed building.[11]Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 102,456 Platt. Engine:Hick, Hargreaves & Co. 1100hp[2][12][13] Cast iron and steel frame with brick cladding, 5 storey 18 bay by 9 bay with later extensions.
Notes: The big single storey building is an unusual (for Oldham) example of a weaving shed among the big spinning mills. Designed by P S Stott in 1885 for the Oldham Velvet Manufacturing Co. In 1915 it had 802 looms powered by an Urmson & Thompson engine. [14]
Notes: Spindleage: (1915)112,524 Platts. Engine Browett & Lindley 1400hp. Extended in 1946, taken over by Cotton & Rayon Spinners Ltd. In 2011[15] it was demolished and in 2015 it was announced that the site would be used for a "DifRent" housing scheme.[2][12][16][17]
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 24,048.Built by Higginson and Wallwork then sold to Bodden and Mercer. In 1875 changed name to Stock Lane, extended in 1912 and again in 1926.[2][12][16]
Notes: Ceased spinning cotton in 1937. Taken over by the Ferranti company during WWII to manufacture radio valves and then semiconductor devices. Demolished in 2008 to make way for housing. Spindleage: (1915) 115,000 Asa Lees. Engine:George Saxon 1700hp[2][12][18][19]
Notes: Gorse (and Rugby) Mill, Chadderton. A cell phone mast is currently mounted to the stair tower. The engine house has been demolished. Architect was P S Stott. Built 1908. Engine was 1600 hp Urmson & Thompson cross compound.[2][12][20]
Notes: 1891-Junction Spinning Co Ltd. Spindleage: (1915) 73,572 Asa Lees Engine:George Saxon.1000hp Transferred to the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s.[2][12][24]
Notes: Cotton spinning mill built in 1908 by Kent Mill Ltd and latterly part of the Courtaulds Group. Architect was G Stott. 104,000 spindles. 1200 horsepower George Saxon steam engine. Mill closed 1991 and demolished 1994. The adjoining Manor Mill is still standing.[2][12][25]
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 77,000 Platts. Engine:(1885) George Saxon,300hp, (1902)Buckley & Taylor,800hp. Built by John Walton for himself and Abraham Stott, sold to Mr Jackson Brierley and the Lansdown Spinning Co who extended it in 1885. Taken over by the Avon Spinning Company in 1901 and renamed. Serious fires 9 December 1921 and 25 November 1922.[2][25]
1244330Notes: Cast iron and steel construction, faced in brick with stone dressings and flat roof. 5 storeys, 36 bays by 13 bay . Water tank with copper dome. Spindleage: (1915) 91,136 Asa Lees Engine:George Saxon.1200hp. Ceased production in 1932, reopened by the LCC in 1940[2][12][27]
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 86,206 Platts. Engine:J.Musgrave & Sons, 140hp, Buckley & Taylor 1300hp. Built in 1860 by the Oldham Cotton Spinning Co, one of the earliest Oldham Limiteds Refloated in 1923 as Melbourne Mills Ltd. [2][28]
1376627Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 104,000 rings Platts. Engine:Buckley & Taylor 2000hp. When built, this was the largest ring spinning mill in the world. It was the last mill built with a beam engine, and the last to use vertical shafts and gears. An extra storey was added in 1905, the card room was extended in 1907 and further extensions in 1912 and 1914.[2][12][29]
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 46,736. Built in 1853 by Robert Ogden & Co. Scene of an accident, 15 March 1875, when a ten-year employee was burnt to death. Taken over in 1889 by the Osborne Mill Co Ltd, and extended in 1903 and in 1926, now residential. [2][12][30]
Notes: Pair of mills on Osborne and Waddington Streets. No. 1 (back)was by A H Stott in 1873, extended 1891 and 1900, closed 1968. 66,008 spindles in 1910.No. 2 was by P S Stott in 1912 with 54,720 spindles. Also closed 1968. No. 1 had Petrie engines and then from 1920 a C A Parsons turbine. No. 2 had a 1200 hp Hick, Hargreaves. Now in multiple occupation.[2][12][30]
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 93,000 ring, 10,000 doubling. Platts/Howard & Bullough. Engines: Two Pollit & Wigzell, 1200hp in all. It was built on the site of the former Stockbrook Mill in 1884, as the first wholly ring mill in the district. An extra storey was added in 1899. [2][12][31]
Notes: Spindleage (1915) 45,972. Engine:Timoth Bates & Co. During construction 25 May 1885 there was an accident when the floors collapsed. Following frequent arson attacks the mill was burnt down in 2007.[33][2][12][4]
Notes: Spindleage (1889) 13,000. Built by Mark Garfitt and others in the 1860s it was taken over by Edmund Whittaker & Sons of Rushbank Mill.There were extensions in 1900, 1912 and 1913 and a connecting link with Rushbank Mill was built in 1922. The sites lie under the Asda store. [2][32]
Notes: An early mill built in 1791 by John Smethurst. It had a 14hp steam engine in 1832 and closed in 1869, the site was later used for the building of Palm Mill. [2][32]
Notes: Spindleage: (1915) 120,000 (with Vale). Engine: (1913) Buckley & Taylor. Built by J & T Heginbottom, taken over and extended by William Tylot of Vale Mill. Incorporated in 1897. Extended in 1912 and 1923. [1][2][12]
Notes: Spindleage: (1889) 37000. Built by William Buckley, Taken over by Victoria Mill Co (Hollinwood) Ltd in 1903. Extended in 1940, destroyed by fire but survived by an old weaving shed that has been built around and still operating in 2016. Its current owners formerly occupied Windsor Mill in Failsworth for several decades. [2][35][36]
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