Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,851 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Darwen
1819 Built as a warehouse, then became a spinning mill and after re-building housed a weaving shed operating over 1520 looms.
1891 Christopher Shorrock and Co.[1]
Demolished in 1984
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