Location in Cheshire | |
Cotton | |
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Spinning (mule mill) | |
Structural system | 1841 Fireproof ground floor (blowing room) 1854 Fireproof throughout 1877 Mill, Stotts 1871 patent double brick arch in rolled iron beams |
Location | Bollington, Cheshire, England |
Serving canal | Macclesfield Canal |
Serving railway | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 1872, North Staffordshire Railway Marple to Macclesfield Branch |
Owner | Martin Swindell |
Further ownership |
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Current tenants | Apartments |
Coordinates | 53°18′03″N 2°06′02″W / 53.3008°N 2.1005°W |
Construction | |
Built | 1834, 1841, 1856, 1877 |
Floor count | 5 |
Design team | |
Architecture Firm | (1877 mill) A H Stott & Son |
Power | |
Date | 1841, 1877 |
Engine maker | (1877) W & J Galloway & Sons |
Installed horse power (ihp) | (1877)700 |
Equipment | |
Date | 1877 & various |
Manufacturer | Asa Lees |
Cotton count | Fine for lace |
Mule Frames | 53000 spindles (1939) 27000 ring doublers(1939) |
References | |
Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 107 Holden 1998, p. 218 |
Clarence Mill is a five-storey former cotton spinning mill in Bollington, Cheshire, in England. It was built between 1834 and 1877 for the Swindells family of Bollington. It was built alongside the Macclesfield Canal, which opened in 1831.