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Built in 1863 as rag and wool warehouse by Rand W Machell, rag and wool merchants, to designs by William and Stead Ellis of Leeds and Heckmondwike. One of a large number of similar warehouses in the area, built 1860-85 to serve the needs of the developing shoddy and mungo industry. Rag merchants were usually men of limited capital, owning or renting a warehouse and employing a small workforce. Machells' warehouse is typical in its size and layout, with an elaborate office frontage and a utilitarian working area used for the sorting, seaming, ripping and cutting of rags. Taking-in doors on four levels in rear range.
Aerial photographic view of Machells' Warehouse, 128 Bradford Road (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire).
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