2006

SD9303 : Maple Mills, Groby Street, Hathershaw

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

Maple Mills, Groby Street, Hathershaw
Maple Mills, Groby Street, Hathershaw
The two former cotton spinning mills forming the Maple Mills Complex. No. 1 mill is on the right with its engine house projecting to the left. The engine house is marked by its tall arch headed, bricked-up window behind the lamp post. No. 2 Mill is behind the truncated chimney. The mills were largely destroyed by large fires (No. 2 in 2009 and No. 1 in 2016. The site has now been cleared although the chimney is still standing on Google Maps (1/21).
Maple Mill

This is a double mill, but consisting of two independent blocks rather than a large symmetrical building. Both mills are to the design of P.S.Stott, No.1 mill was built in 1904 and No.2 in 1915 to a very similar design. Both were spinning mule mills. Interestingly, the engines driving each mill were very different, that for No.1 being a vertical triple expansion unit of 1000hp by Saxon, that for No.2 being an 1800hp horizontal by Urmson and Thompson.
On April 21, 2009, No.2 Mill suffered a disastrous fire which resulted in the destruction of the bulk of the structure. In June 2010 only the western facade with its tower and the engine house survived; the rest was just a huge pile of rubble.


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Geographical Context: Industry Former: Textile Mill Spinning Mill Place: Oldham Primary Subject: Mill other tags: Chimney Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Maple Mills [16] · Groby Street [9] · Engine House [7] · Cotton Spinning Mills [4] ·
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SD9303, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 6 August, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 9305 0334 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:31.6005N 2:6.3785W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 9303 0337
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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