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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of mills known to have existed within Rochdale Borough, in Greater Manchester, England. A-B Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served (Years) Acre Works Rochdale Albert Mill Rochdale, SD906125 53°36′32″N 2°08′38″W ...
Rochdale is a product of the Industrial Revolution, [11] though the manufacture of woollen cloth, particularly baize, kerseys and flannels, was locally important as far back as the 1500s. At that time, the textile industry was rooted in the domestic system but, towards the end of the 18th century, mills powered by water started to appear.
Newhey was 3 km from the canal and was late in building cotton mills. More significantly the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built the Oldham Loop Line through Milnrow and Newhey in 1863. The engine house of Ellenroad mill now lies to the south of Junction 21 of the M62 motorway. Rochdale was a prime site for cotton spinning in 1890.
The Rochdale Canal—one of the major navigable broad canals of the United Kingdom—was a highway of commerce during this time used for the haulage of cotton, wool, coal to and from the area. [7] In 1882, Rochdale the home of industrial co-operatives, embraced the joint stock limited company and new mills were financed and built. [8]
It was used for the haulage of cotton, wool and coal to and from the area. [3] Rochdale's early industry was the production of woollen flannel, and the cotton industry grew up alongside it. Water-powered cotton spinning mills were built on the Roch in the 1780s and 1790s, but as late as 1818 there were only seven cotton mills in Rochdale itself.
The Rochdale Canal—one of the major navigable broad canals of the United Kingdom—was a highway of commerce during this time used for the haulage of cotton, wool, coal to and from the area. [3] Land alongside the canal was a prime site for a new mill. In the boom of the early 1870s finance was available for new mills.
Royd, built in 1907, was one of the smaller mills, the engine built by J & E Wood of Bolton developing 900 hp. The cylinders, of 18.5, 28.5, and 43in bore by 3 ft 6 in stroke, were all fitted with Corliss-valves, which in contrast to the maker's usual practice were fitted at the opposite sides of the cylinders.
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