e were fitted at the opposite sides of the cylinders. It ran at 94 rpm, driving by 20 ropes from a 14 ft flywheel. The original three Tetlow boilers still supplied steam at 180 psi, when by 1961 electric drives were installed, and the engine was scrapped. The frame was unusual since there were only two columns in front, with twin feet to the single casting bed, the intermediate cylinder being supported by a massive cross casting. In 1915, it had 80,000 spindles by Asa Lees, and Howard & Bullough.|
|Royton Ring Mill||P S Stott||Royton||1908, ex.1912|
|Notes: Driven by a 1700 hp cross compound engine by Urmson & Thompson, 1908 similar to the one in Mars Mill. It had a 24 ft flywheel. In 1915 it had 64,176 ring and 6400 doubling spindles. |
|Rutland||F.W. Dixon & Son||Linney Lane, Shaw and Crompton||1907||1993||86|
|Notes: and run by Rutland Mill Ltd. It was driven by a 1700 hp cross compound engine by George Saxon of Manchester, built in 1908, but altered in 1913. It had a 26 ft flywheel with 35 ropes operating at 67 rpm then 68 rpm. In 1950, in LCC ownership it had both 96,000 ring and 20,000 mule spindles. By 1964, it was in the Courtaulds Group. In the late 1980s, as Courtaulds moved operations to other parts of the world, the mill was bought by Littlewoods. Under the Littlewoods name it was run as warehousing for a short time before it was demolished and replaced by a new automated storage warehouse.|
|Notes: It was driven by a 1500 hp cross compound engine by Daniel Adamson built in 1907. It had a 24 ft flywheel with 36 ropes which operated at 65 ½ rpm. New Cylinders by George Saxon, were fitted in 1915.|
|Notes: Bridge Street, 75,000 spindles in 1887. In 87,000 spindles, 348/388 twist, 408/528 weft. It was originally driven by 1000 hp twin tandem compound engine by Goodfellow and Matthews built in 1868. It had a 30 ft flywheel with 27 ropes that operated at 55 rpm. It was rebuilt in 1925(?) by Scott & Hodgson as a 1600 hp engine.|
|Notes: It was driven by a 1500 hp vertical three-cylinder compound engine by George Saxon, Openshaw, which was altered in 1921. It had a 22 ft flywheel mounted at end of shaft driving 28 ropes which operated at 78 rpm. Courtaulds used the mill for synthetics. Destroyed by fire in the 1971. |
|Textile||Potts, Pickup & Dixon||Cobden St, Chadderton|
|Notes: In 1915, 98436 spindles – used by Platt as a show mill. Closed in 1927. Remained empty until after the war when LCC bought it for storage of Baled Waste for export, part of it burned out in 1950. Courtaulds sold it in 1961. The use for cotton waste continued. In 1996 it was reduced to 2 storeys.|
|Notes: It was driven by 2,500 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine by J & E Wood of Bolton built in 1907. The engines were called 'Rina' and Helen'. They drove a 26 ft flywheel with 54 ropes at 68 rpm.
Now part of the Wigan Pier redevelopment area. The 2500 hp steam engine has been restored and operates as a visitor attraction.
|Trent||F.W. Dixon & Son||Duchess Street, Shaw and Crompton||1908||1967–1969|
|Notes: Dual purpose, mule yarns: twist and weft- ring yarns, −1800 hp cross compound engine by George Saxon of Manchester, 1907. 30"HP, 60"LP X 5 ft stroke. 180 psi, 65 rpm. 26 ft flywheel, 40 ropes. Corliss valves on both cylinders. Air pumps driven from each crosshead. It opened in 1908 and closed in 1929. It was reopened by LCC in 1938 and closed again in 1962, and demolished in 1967. In 1915, it had 120,000 spindles by Platt. The site is in industrial use.|
|Notes: Driven by an 1800 hp triple-expansion vertical engine by George Saxon, Openshaw built in 1906. It had an 18 ft flywheel, 40 ropes operating at 75 rpm. Tudor Mill, next to the Ashton Canal Warehouse at Portland Basin, opened in 1903. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1960s and was used as a warehouse until it was destroyed by fire in 1970. |
The 1950 mills (U–Z)
|Notes: Ring mill|
|Welkin Mill||Lower Bredbury, Stockport|
|Notes: Ring mill producing 1940s to 1950s. Housing Buckleys printers, until the firm collapsed in October 2008.|
|Wilton Mill, Radcliffe||Radcliffe|
|Notes: Dr