Coppull Mill

Coppull Mill
The mill before 1951
Coppull Mill is located in the Borough of Chorley
Coppull Mill
Location in Chorley
Cotton
Spinning (ring mill)
LocationCoppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England
OwnerCoppull Ring Spinning Co
Further ownership
Coordinates53°37′38″N 2°39′41″W / 53.6271°N 2.6615°W / 53.6271; -2.6615
Power
Date1906
Engine makerJ & E Wood
Engine typetriple-expansion four-cylinder engine
Valve GearCorliss valves
Cylinder diameter and throw19 ½"HP, 31"IP, two 34"LP X 5ft
rpm68 rpm
Installed horse power (ihp)1600iHP
Flywheel diameter26ft
Transmission typerope
No. of ropes36
Boiler configuration
Pressure200psi
References
[1]

Coppull Mill is a former cotton spinning mill in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire. It was opened in 1906 by the Coppull Ring Spinning Co, followed by its sister mill, Mavis Mill in 1908. Together they employed 700 workers. The mill was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1941[2] and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. The building is a Grade II listed building and is now used as an enterprise centre.[3] This was a ring mill. It was driven by a 1600 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine by J & E Wood built in 1906. Its 26-foot (7.9 m) flywheel operated at 68 rpm and ran 36 ropes.

  1. ^ LCC 1951
  2. ^ Lancashire Evening Post, 11 July 1941
  3. ^ Historic England. "COPPULL RING MILL (1362173)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.