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Langcliffe Mill built in 1783-4 as water-powered cotton-spinning mill by Claytons and Walshman who had built Low Mill, Keighley, in 1780. Five-storeyed fourteen-bay mill substantially enlarged in early 19th century, when supplementary steam engine also acquired, and in 1868. Firm expanded into weaving in 1820s; powerlooms in due course housed in Langcliffe Shed, a water-powered single-storeyed weaving shed built c1840 0.6km south of mill to re-use water supply. Shed successively enlarged in late 19th and very early 20th centuries, and converted to steam power. Associated buildings: Langcliffe Place, manufacturer's house of 1783, and terrace of workers' houses next to mill and shed. Part demolished.
Aerial photographic view of Langcliffe Mill (Langcliffe, North Yorkshire).
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