View of old Mill buildings.
Categories 2: Mill
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Mill Brook Mill Pond Rainow
Photo taken by BUDC Waterworks in 1922
Original mill had 2 mill ponds and was built in 1784
Fire in 1868 destroyed large parts of the mill -
Recreation Ground
Shows the footpath in the Recreation ground between the river and Palmerston Street. The path follows the course of the mill leat – which is visible to the right of the path – which took water from the river Dean somewhere to the east of the canal aqueduct, under the embankment, and down Wellington Road to just beyond Garden Street, thence to the corn mill which stood on the river’s edge in Riverbank Drive.
The bend in the river, to the left of the picture, was later staightened out to make room for the football pitch. -
View across Bollington
View from the footpath beyond the end of Cow Lane. Note, from left, Beeston quarry with Oak Bank mill chimney on hill top; St John’s (Anglican) church; the roof top and chimneys of Oak Bank House on the hillside among the trees; bottom left, the cottage that stood where the entrance to Tullis Russell is today by the river bridge at the end of Church Street; Higher mills at the near end of Church Street; middle right, Lowther Street school, and above and to the right, St Gregory’s (Catholic) church. The Nab is the hill in the background, with quarries on its lower slopes.
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Waterhouse mill
The first mill on this site was erected in c.1790. This was replaced after a fire in 1800. That mill, which became locally known as Olivers mill, due to being owned by that family, was added to and enlarged over the years until spinning ended in 1962. The mill closed and was demolished. It was replaced by what was then a modern factory making foam blocks for use in aircraft seats among many other purposes. During its cotton spinning days Waterhouse mill is said to have produced the finest (thinest) thread in the world and this was sold especially to fine lace makers including those in Nottingham and Brussels. In 2012 the Kay Metzeller factory was closed and demolished and over the subsequent three years the present housing estate was built.
