Lowertown Shed and Mill
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Basic information
- Name
- Lowertown Shed and Mill.
- Township
- Haworth.
- Civil Parish
- Bingley; Keighley.
- Country
- West Yorkshire.
- Type of record
- A.
- NMRfn
- 62656.
- NGR
- SE 0340 3485.
- UTM
- 53.80992923, -1.949848992
Description
Established 1856 as steam-powered worsted-weaving mill with shed and attached engine and boiler houses. Warehouse added c1863. Bought in 1880s by Merrall and Sons of Ebor Mill, Haworth, and Lees Mill, Bingley, who enlarged the shed, built a new engine house and added a piece room. Converted to integrated working in 1895 with construction of large new spinning mill by W and J B Bailey of Bradford and Keighley. Mill has timber floors, five storeys, sixteen bays and was powered by rope race from attached corner engine house. Demolished.
Ortophotographic map
Aerial photographic view of Lowertown Shed and Mill (Haworth, West Yorkshire).
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