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Shown on Bancks's 1831 map of Manchester as a small mill, about 60 ft square in plan, located where Carruthers Street crossed the [[Ashton Canal]], on the S.E. bank of the canal. Across the street was [[Carruthers Mill]], and north east of that was the much larger Clark's Mill. | Shown on Bancks's 1831 map of Manchester as a small mill, about 60 ft square in plan, located where Carruthers Street crossed the [[Ashton Canal]], on the S.E. bank of the canal. Across the street was [[Carruthers Mill]], and north east of that was the much larger Clark's Mill. | ||
1851 [[Adshead's 1851 Maps of Manchester]], Map 15, shows the mill occupied by Adam Booth, Machine Maker. Next door (south west, across a canal basin, was the foundry of [[Samuel Bowler]]. | |||
1856 Advertisement: 'ONE or TWO ROOMS, or the WHOLE of a Small MILL, four storeys high, TO BE LET, and remaining Term of Lease (upwards of four years). To Be Sold a decided bargain. The mill is well fitted up with shafting and gas apparatus, and adapted for weaving, doubling, machine making, &c, &c.-Apply to A. & J. BOOTH, on the premises, late Rhodes Mill, Carruthers-street, Manchester.'<ref>Manchester Times, 6 September 1856</ref> | 1856 Advertisement: 'ONE or TWO ROOMS, or the WHOLE of a Small MILL, four storeys high, TO BE LET, and remaining Term of Lease (upwards of four years). To Be Sold a decided bargain. The mill is well fitted up with shafting and gas apparatus, and adapted for weaving, doubling, machine making, &c, &c.-Apply to A. & J. BOOTH, on the premises, late Rhodes Mill, Carruthers-street, Manchester.'<ref>Manchester Times, 6 September 1856</ref> | ||
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in Ancoats, Manchester
Shown on Bancks's 1831 map of Manchester as a small mill, about 60 ft square in plan, located where Carruthers Street crossed the Ashton Canal, on the S.E. bank of the canal. Across the street was Carruthers Mill, and north east of that was the much larger Clark's Mill.
1851 Adshead's 1851 Maps of Manchester, Map 15, shows the mill occupied by Adam Booth, Machine Maker. Next door (south west, across a canal basin, was the foundry of Samuel Bowler.
1856 Advertisement: 'ONE or TWO ROOMS, or the WHOLE of a Small MILL, four storeys high, TO BE LET, and remaining Term of Lease (upwards of four years). To Be Sold a decided bargain. The mill is well fitted up with shafting and gas apparatus, and adapted for weaving, doubling, machine making, &c, &c.-Apply to A. & J. BOOTH, on the premises, late Rhodes Mill, Carruthers-street, Manchester.'[1]
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- ↑ Manchester Times, 6 September 1856