Old Mill, Manchester

Old Mill, completed in 1798 as part of Murrays' Mills, is the oldest surviving cotton mill in Manchester, England.[1] Sited on the Rochdale Canal in Ancoats, it was powered by a Boulton and Watt steam engine, and its narrow six-storey brick structure "came to typify the Manchester cotton mill".[2] Old Mill was designated a Grade II* listed building on 20 June 1988.[3]

Murrays' Mills; Old Mill is the second of the three buildings on the left

References

Notes

  1. Williams & Farnie (1992), p. 50
  2. Casella & Symonds (2005), p. 199
  3. Historic England. "Decker Mill Old Mill (1247473)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 March 2013.

Bibliography

  • Casella, Eleanor C.; Symonds, James (2005), Industrial Archaeology: Future Directions, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-22808-2
  • Williams, Mike; Farnie, D. A., eds. (1992), Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester, Carnegie Publishing, ISBN 0-948789-89-1


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