Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Castle Hill Mill

From Graces Guide

in Gomersal, Yorks.

1844 'Sales by auction. CASTLE HILL MILL, GOMERSAL, NEAR LEEDS.—
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. G. T. Lister, ... Lot 1. All that MILL, situate at Castle Hill, Gomersal, called "Castle Hill Mill," occupied by Messrs Joseph Smith and Sons, for Cotton Spinning, Three Stories High, about 96 Feet in Length, 27 1/2 Feet in Breadth, inside; heated with Steam, and Lighted with Gas ; together with the Engine House, Boiler House, Drying House, Doubling House, Four Stories High, and about 42 Feet in Length, and 33 Feet in Breadth, inside, Warehouses, Bleach House, Gas House, Mechanic's and Smith's Shops, FOUR COTTAGES, and the Reservoirs, Yards, Outbuildings, and Appurtenances to the said Premises belonging. Also an excellent CONDENSING STEAM ENGINE, of 30 Horses' Power, made by the Bowling Company, and nearly New; Two Boilers, together of upwards of 60 Horses' Power, and all the Shafts, Drums, Steam Pipes, Gas Pipes, and Going Gear, the said Mill and Premises. ....'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Leeds Intelligencer, 8 June 1844