Albert Mill, Great Harwood

of Great Harwood

1889 'The ceremony of christening two new engines was performed on Thursday at Albert Mill, Great Harwood, the new mill erected near the station. The christening and starting cermnony was performed by Mrs. Ainsworth, wife the manager of the Commercial Mill Company, before a large and influential gathering, the directors of the company being fully represented. The high pressure engine was christened "Unity," and the low pressure "Prosperity." Both are high-pressure engines on Corliss principle, actuated with powerful "governors." The diameter of the high pressure cylinder is 19 inches, and that of the low-pressure 34 1/2 inches. The fly-wheel is 6ft. 4in. in diameter, and weighs about 20 tons. The makers of the engines are Messrs. Ashton, Frost and Co., Bank Top Foundry, Blackburn.'^[1]

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