Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Low Stott Park, Near Ulverston, Newby Bridge, Cumbria, LA12 8AX.
Working steam-powered mill which produced wooden bobbins for the textile trade.
The water wheel at Stott is thought to have been in use between 1835 and the 1860s, described variously (and very optimistically) as 24 or 32 ft diameter pitch back design, and looking at the dimensions of the pit it would have been no more than 3ft width.
1858 The first water turbine at Stott was installed by Williamson Brothers of Kendal.
As the need for power grew for the expanding business, the water turbine was augmented by a steam engine in 1880, capable of developing an extra 30 hp. The steam engine was reported to have been made by William Bradley's, Gooder Lane Ironworks, Brighouse, but purchased second hand from a coal mine in Yorkshire; once at Stott it was powered not by coal but by wood from their process. The cylinder diameter is 15¼" and stroke of 1'11".
The 1880 Cornish boiler was by Umpleby of Cleckheaton
1890s The water turbine at Stott Park replaced twice, the first replacement by Gilkes in the 1890s and then in 1931 with a turbine made by Armfields of Ringwood, installed by Wright, Heap and Westwood.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Nedias newsletter #48