Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co
From Graces Guide
of Chowbent Mills, Atherton, near Leigh.
1890 'THE NEW MILL AT ATHERTON. On Tuesday afternoon the engine which is to drive the new mill erected for the Howebridge Spinning Company, Limited, was started for the first time, ...'. 1600 HP engine by John Musgrave and Sons. Flywheel 34 ft dia, with 34 1 3/4in. ropes. Five 100 psi steel boilers by Musgrave. Mill gearing by Dobson and Barlow.[1]
1891 Directory (Leigh): Listed as cotton spinners. More details
1920 Reconstructed as Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co (1920). [2]
1922 Acquired Persian Mills Ltd.[3]
1925 Acquired John Harwood and Son. [2]
1929 Merged into Combined Egyptian Mills. [4]
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