Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,717 pages of information and 247,131 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Hollin Bank Mill, Blackburn

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1860 'STARTING ENGINES AT HOLLIN BANK MILL. The starting of the engines at the splendid new spinning mill erected at Hollin Bank by Messrs. Thompson and Longworth, was celebrated on Wednesday, when a numerous and highly respectable company assembled to congratulate the proprietors on the satisfactory progress they have already made, and to wish them every success in their great undertaking. Tho engines have been erected by the trustees of the late William Yates Esq., and are noble specimens of engineering skill, highly creditable to all concerned in their construction. ....'[1]

1891 Directory: Listed. More details

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Sources of Information

  1. Blackburn Standard - Wednesday 22 August 1860