Eagley Mills, Bolton

of Bolton.

• 1883 Engine installed by Hick, Hargreaves and Co. Described and illustrated in 1891

• 1891 Directory (Bolton): Listed. More details

• 1893 'NEW MILL AT EAGLEY. A correspondent sends the following regarding newly opened extension of Chadwicks works at Eagley:— Over 2,000 hands are already employed by the firm, and during the last 12 months a large addition has been made to the works by the erection of a new spinning mill to hold 80,000 spindles. On Thursday afternoon the engines were started in the presence of Mr. Herbert Greg and Mr. Walter Mather, two of the directors of the company; Mr. John B. Gass, one of the architects, and others. On Monday morning the first cotton will be put through the machinery, and employment will be found for many more hands. The mill is of the latest and best type of fireproof cotton mills, with all the most modern arrangements of machinery. With double width bays, there are no pillars in the wheel gate, and work is therefore less dangerous to the spinner and piecer. Over each pair of mules there is also a perfectly flat ceiling, forming a fine reflecting surface for the light from the very large windows the end of each pair, filled in with British polished plate glass, giving very good light over the whole length of the mules, and ensuring the best spinning. Messrs. Bradshaw and Gass, F.R.I.B.A. Bolton, who have been the architects, were instructed to prepare the plans, and the buildings have been carried out under their superintendence, with Mr. T. I. Kay clerk of works. The contractors, mainly Bolton firms, have carried out the work well and very rapidly considering the difficulties of the last winter's weather. The engines, with all the gearing throughout, as well as the boilers and all the cast iron work, were supplied by Messrs. Hick, Hargreaves and Co. Limited, of Bolton. The side-by-side compound Corliss engines of 1,200 i.h.p., have cylinders 30in. and 56in. in diameter by 5ft. strokes, running at 60 revolutions per minute with steam at 1201bs. pressure. The fly-wheel is 26ft. diameter, and grooved for 30 ropes. Four steel boilers of the Lancashire type, 50ft. long and 8ft. diameter, are provided. The electric lighting is in the hands of Messrs. Ernest Scott and Mountain Limited, Newcastle, and the sprinkler system has been put in by Messrs. Dobson, Taylor, and Co. Limited, of Manchester. Messrs. Dobson and Barlow Limited, Kay-street Works, Bolton, are supplying the whole of the machinery required ; the equipment being very complete indeed, and including all the latest improvements for fine spinning.'

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