2006

SD9003 : Gem Mill, Chadderton

taken 18 years ago, near to Chadderton, Oldham, England

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Gem Mill, Chadderton
Gem Mill, Chadderton
Built 1901 of slightly darker brick than the Accrington red brick that is so prevalent. I prefer this side as it shows the chimney (not too severely truncated) and engine house to best effect. I reckon the new houses are on the site of the lodge (cooling pond). The engine was a horizontal twin tandem compound by George Saxon Ltd of Openshaw. The cylinders were 20" and 45" bores by 5' stroke. It developed 1700 horsepower at 60 revolutions per minute and drove the mill by 35 cotton ropes from the 26' diameter flywheel.

The nearby Raven Mill has a more severely shortened chimney and has lost its engine house.

A visit on 16-2-2008 revealed that Gem Mill is no more and a housing estate is growing up where it was. I got a different angle on Raven Mill across the building site.

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Geographical Context: Industry Former: Textile Mill Spinning Mill Place: Chadderton Primary Subject: Mill other tags: Mill Chimney Former Engine House Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Gem Mill [3] · Reckon the New Houses [2] Title Clusters: · Gem Mill, Chadderton [2] ·
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SD9003, 43 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 6 August, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 15 November, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 9032 0397 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:31.9377N 2:8.8505W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 9015 0398
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