1990

SD9006 : Elk Mill, Royton

taken 34 years ago, near to Chadderton, Oldham, England

Elk Mill, Royton
Elk Mill, Royton
One of the last cotton spinning mills to be built (there were one or two around 1926) in Lancashire and opened 1927. Was driven by a Parsons steam turbine. The mill cost £250,000 and employed 400. Finally closed 1998. Now demolished.

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Category: Mill
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SD9006, 32 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 17 March, 1990   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 22 November, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 909 068 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:33.4969N 2:8.2581W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 910 065
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Second Visitor for SD9006) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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