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See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Mill,_Romiley Wikipedia entry] | See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Mill,_Romiley Wikipedia entry] | ||
The mill was re-equipped in 1907 | The mill was re-equipped in 1907-8. | ||
Power was supplied by a 600 hp vertical compound Wheelock-type engine by [[Daniel Adamson and Co]]. 105 rpm. Flywheel was 16 ft dia. Photographed by [[George Watkins]] in 1937. Photo and information [http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Arthur%20Roberts%27%20Box/#Adamson-Elder-1.jpg here] and [http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Arthur%20Roberts%27%20Box/#Adamson-Elder-1r.jpg here] | Power was supplied by a 600 hp vertical compound Wheelock-type engine by [[Daniel Adamson and Co]]. 105 rpm. Flywheel was 16 ft dia. Photographed by [[George Watkins]] in 1937. Photo and information [http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Arthur%20Roberts%27%20Box/#Adamson-Elder-1.jpg here] and [http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Arthur%20Roberts%27%20Box/#Adamson-Elder-1r.jpg here] | ||
<ref>[http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Arthur%20Roberts%27%20Box/#] Website of Peter Ellis: steam engine photographs from the collection of Arthur Roberts</ref>. It was also photographed by George watkins in 1955 <ref>Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Vol 4: Wales, Cheshire & Shropshire, George Watkins, Landmark Publishing, 1993</ref>. It was a tall engine, confined in a relatively small engine room. | <ref>[http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Arthur%20Roberts%27%20Box/#] Website of Peter Ellis: steam engine photographs from the collection of Arthur Roberts</ref>. It was also photographed by George watkins in 1955 <ref>'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Vol 4: Wales, Cheshire & Shropshire', George Watkins, Landmark Publishing, 1993</ref>, who noted that the LP cylinder was replaced at some point by [[Scott and Hodgson]]. It was a tall engine, confined in a relatively small engine room. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:35, 21 April 2022
Elder Mill was a cotton spinning mill in Romiley, Stockport, Greater Manchester.
It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.
See Wikipedia entry
The mill was re-equipped in 1907-8.
Power was supplied by a 600 hp vertical compound Wheelock-type engine by Daniel Adamson and Co. 105 rpm. Flywheel was 16 ft dia. Photographed by George Watkins in 1937. Photo and information here and here [1]. It was also photographed by George watkins in 1955 [2], who noted that the LP cylinder was replaced at some point by Scott and Hodgson. It was a tall engine, confined in a relatively small engine room.
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