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Lumbutts Mill - MOT00165
Another Fielden Mill utilising water power with a unique system of three waterwheels, each fed by a stepped series of dams. This mill was later converted to steam power. Lumbutts Mill and Jumb Mill were interconnected by a conveyor system which…
Lydgate in the late 19th Century - MOT00427
Canteen Mill can be seen in the foreground. Nott Wood Viaduct on the 'Copy Pit Line' between Todmorden and Burnley is across the top.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00104
William Mitchell;, Todmorden, catalogue advertisement.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00105
Thwaite and Dobson, Cinderhill Mill, Castle Street, Todmorden - advertisement.
Manufacturing Engineers - MOT00103
Machinery for the textile industry was manufactured in various Todmorden engineering workshops.
Members of the Cockroft family with some of the workforce at Birks Mill, about 1930. - MOT00398
Members of the Cockroft family with some of the workforce at Birks Mill, about 1930. On the front row, wearing suits, from left to right, are Herbert Cockroft, Keith, Leo, John Arthur Cockroft (the firm's founder) and Eric.
Mons Mill - MOT00202
View of the magnificent tiled engine house at Mons Mill, in 1936.
Mons Mill - MOT00203
The boiler room was located below the engine house
Mons Mill - MOT00204
View inside the card room at Mons Mill, 1936.
Mons Mill - MOT00205
Mrs Payne, right, at her drawing frame with Mr Melton, the Head Carder, Mons Mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00206
Miss Heyworth pushing down sliver into a card can, Mons mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00207
Mrs Parfitt watching a beaming frame, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00208
Mrs Whitham on a bobbin winding frame, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00209
Mrs Eastwood, working on a ring spinning frame, Mons Mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00210
Mons Mill works outing to Filey and Scarborough, 1947.
Mons Mill under Construction, 1908 - 9 - MOT00197
The mill's founder, Jonathan Gledhill, supervised the cutting of the first sod in June 1907.
Mons Mill under Construction, 1908 - 9 - MOT00198
Its founder, Jonathan Gledhill, supervised the cutting of the first sod in June 1907.
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00199
Until 1914 the mill was known as Hare Mill, recognisable by the huge white letters faced into the chimney in glazed brick.
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00200
Rear view of Mons Mill in 1936 showing the office building, now occupied by the Ukrainian Club. It is said that Mons Mill was built to only half of its intended size. The only clue to this grand plan is in the south gable, shown here, which was left…
Mons Mill, Todmorden - MOT00201
View of the magnificent tiled engine house at Mons Mill, in 1936.
Moss Bros, Eastwood - MOT00471
The scene on the morning after the 1878 fire which devastated Moss Bros dyeworks at Eastwood.
Municipal Technical School - MOT00378
This part of Waterside Mill was handed over to the town to provide technical education in local trades and industries This building was superseded by Calder College in 1955.
New Bus Garage at Millwood - MOT00445
The skeleton of the new bus garage, built in 1909 at Millwood, Halifax Road, on ground belonging to the Gas Committee.