Magnet Mill, Chadderton
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 Location within Greater Manchester
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| Cotton | |
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| Spinning (ring mill) | |
| Location | Denton Lane, Chadderton |
| Serving canal | Rochdale Canal |
| Owner | Magnet Mill Ltd. |
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| Coordinates | 53°32′16″N 2°08′46″W / 53.5378°N 2.1461°WCoordinates: 53°32′16″N 2°08′46″W / 53.5378°N 2.1461°W |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1902 |
| Demolished | 1966cc. 1966 |
| Power | |
| Date | 1902 |
| Engine maker | George Saxon & Co |
| Engine type | twin tandem compound engine |
| Valve Gear | Corliss valves |
| rpm | 64½ |
| Flywheel diameter | 27ft |
| Transmission type | rope |
| No. of ropes | 35 |
| Boiler configuration | |
| Pressure | 160psi |
| Equipment | |
| Manufacturer | Howard & Bullough |
| Mule Frames | 60,156 spindles (1915) |
| References | |
Magnet Mill, Chadderton is a cotton spinning mill in Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It was built by the Magnet Mill Ltd. in 1902, but purchased by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s. It was later taken over by the Courtaulds Group. Ceasing textile production in December 1966, it was demolished soon after. A suburban residential estate now occupies this site. It was driven by a 2200 hp twin tandem compound engine by George Saxon & Co, Openshaw, 1903. It had a 27–foot flywheel with 35 ropes, operating at 64½ rpm.
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) south-southeast of Rochdale, and 6.9 miles (11.1 km) northeast of the city of Manchester. Oldham is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham; Chadderton and Hollinwood are such settlements. Chadderton and Hollinwood are served by the Rochdale Canal and the Hollinwood Branch Canal. A rail service was provided by the Oldham Loop Line that was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Oldham rose to prominence during the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England", spinning Oldham counts, the coarser counts of cotton. Oldham's soils were too thin and poor to sustain crop growing, and so for decades prior to industrialisation the area was used for grazing sheep, which provided the raw material for a local woollen weaving trade. It was not until the last quarter of the 18th century that Oldham changed from being a cottage industry township producing woollen garments via domestic manual labour, to a sprawling industrial metropolis of textile factories. The first mill, Lees Hall, was built by William Clegg in about 1778. Within a year, 11 other mills had been constructed, but by 1818 there were only 19 of these privately owned mills.
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