May Mill, Pemberton: Difference between revisions
ClemRutter (talk | contribs) →External links: fix the fix! |
Magioladitis (talk | contribs) m →External links: clean up using AWB |
||
Line 341: | Line 341: | ||
* [http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk www.spinningtheweb.org.uk] |
* [http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk www.spinningtheweb.org.uk] |
||
}} |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
[[Category:Textile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation|May Mill, Pemberton]] |
[[Category:Textile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation|May Mill, Pemberton]] |
||
[[Category:Textile mills in Wigan|May Mill, Pemberton]] |
[[Category:Textile mills in Wigan|May Mill, Pemberton]] |
Revision as of 17:03, 16 February 2010
Cotton | |
---|---|
Spinning (ring mill) | |
Location | Pemberton, Wigan |
Further ownership |
|
Coordinates | 53°31′39″N 2°40′11″W / 53.5276°N 2.6698°W |
Construction | |
Built | 1889 |
Demolished | 1980 |
Equipment | |
Date | 1905 -1950 |
Manufacturer | Howard & Bullough, Platt Brothers, Geo. Hattersley |
References | |
[1][2] [1] |
Construction | |
---|---|
Completed | 1898 |
Demolished | 1980 |
Power | |
Date | 1892 |
Engine maker | B Goodfellow |
Engine type | cross compound engine |
Valve Gear | Corliss valves |
rpm | 62rpm |
Flywheel diameter | 20ft |
Transmission type | rope |
No. of ropes | 24 |
Boiler configuration | |
Pressure | 180psi |
Ring Frames path | 77,964 spindles (1946) |
Power | |
---|---|
Date | 1901 |
Engine maker | Ashton Frost |
Engine type | cross compound engine |
Valve Gear | Corliss valves |
rpm | 62rpm |
Flywheel diameter | 28ft |
Transmission type | ropes |
No. of ropes | 34 |
Boiler configuration | |
Pressure | 180psi |
May Mill, Pemberton is a cotton spinning mill in Pemberton, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1889. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1962—3 to produce carpet fibre and this it continued to do until the final closure on Friday, 17th 0ctober, 1980.
Location
Pemberton is an area of Wigan, and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,[3] in Greater Manchester, England.[4] It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas,[5] south west and 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) from Wigan's town centre. It is 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Preston, 16.5 miles (26.6 km) west-northwest of Manchester, and 17.4 miles (28 km) east-northeast of Liverpool. Pemberton and Wigan lie in a synclinal basin, where the middle coal measures of the Lancashire coal field outcrop allowing open cast workings. There was ready fuel for the steam engines of the mills. In the 1830s Wigan became one of the first towns in Britain to be served by a railway; the line had connections to Preston and the Manchester and Liverpool Railway.[6] It had easy access to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
History
Pemberton's history was built on coal and cotton. At the first the May Mill was built in 1889 on the site of Wilde's Mill, a woollen mill was built in 1850 and destroyed by fire 13 June 1859. A second mill, known as Roper's mill was built and this also burnt down, The fire started in the engine house. In January 1889, the "May Mill Spinning Company limited",was formed to build a new fireproof mill to replace the one destroyed. The cornerstone was laid 25 March 1889, and the engines were dedicated May 1890. They were named Louisa and Helen.[1]
The industry peaked in 1912 when it produced 8 billion yards of cloth. The great war of 1914- 1918 halted the supply of raw cotton, and the British government encouraged its colonys to build mills to spin and weave cotton. The war over, Lancashire never regained its markets. The independant mills were struggling. The Bank of England set up the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry.[7] May Mill, Pemberton was one of 104 mills bought by the LCC, and one of the 53 mills that survived through to 1950.
Architecture
Power
May No 1 was driven by 800 hp cross compound engine by B Goodfellow, 1892. It had a 20 ft flywheel, 24 ropes operating at 62rpm. The boilers were 30 ft by 8 ft high pressure Lancashire boilers. The mill was lit by electricity gernerated by a Parson's dynamo.
May No 2 was driven by a 1500 hp cross compound engine by Ashton Frost, 1901. This had a 28 ft flywheel, 34 ropes operating at 62rpm. [8]
Equipment
In 1946 May Mill had 77,964 ring spindles, but by 1948 this had fallen to 72,984. It was re-equipped around 1950. Between 1960—1962 the mill was converted to electric ring spinning frames. The mill was eventually taken over by Courtaulds in 1962—3 to produce carpet fibre and this it continued to do until the final closure on Friday, 17th 0ctober,1980.
At the invitation of the assistant manager, Mr. Bill Crank, the Winstanleys, authors of the book cited below, visited May Mill in September 1980. They said
- ¨ Although we expected to see some old spinning machines, we were very surprised to find so many still in use; in fact, there was very little new machinery. Many of the machines were pre-1920, and some dated to about the turn of the century. Slubber and drawing frames were said to be part of the original May Mill equipment These were made in 1902 by Howard & Bullough of Accrington. Numerous carding frames by Platt Brothers of Oldham were dated 1905, 1907 and 1920, but some of these had been converted to suit Courtauld's needs. Fly frames, also made by Howard & Bullough, were dated 1915. The scutchers made by Platt Brothers, were built in 1921 and 1924. Cone winders by Geo. Hattersley were made about 1950. Perhaps the most modern machines were ring spinning frames, dated 1967.¨ [1]
Later extensions
Usage
Owners
- Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1930's-1964)
- Courtaulds (1964-
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Winstanley & Winstanley 1981 Cite error: The named reference "Founded on Coal" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ LCC 1951
- ^ Pemberton, 2001 United Kingdom Census, neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. URLs accessed 11 November 2008.
- ^ "A select gazetteer of local government areas, Greater Manchester County". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- ^ Brownbill & Farrer 1911, pp. 78–83 .
- ^ McNeil & Nevell 2000, p. 66.
- ^ Dunkerley 2009
- ^ Roberts 1921
Bibiography
- Dunkerley, Philip (2009). "Dunkerley-Tuson Family Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth". Retrieved 2009-01-09.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
- LCC (1951). The mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited. Blackfriars House, Manchester: Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
- Roberts, A S (1921), "Arthur Robert's Engine List", Arthur Roberts Black Book., One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription, retrieved 2009-01-11
{{citation}}
: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
- Winstanley, Ray (1981). Founded on Coal: A parish history (PDF). Derek. R. Winstanley, 22 Beech Walk, Winstanley. Retrieved January 2009.
{{cite book}}
: Check date values in:|accessdate=
(help); Invalid|ref=harv
(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (help)</ref>
- McNeil, R.; Nevell, M. (2000), A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester, Association for Industrial Archaeology, ISBN 0-9528930-3-7
External links
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:May Mill, Pemberton