The remains of Samuel Oldknow's Mellor Mill

Mellor Mill was a water powered cotton spinning mill. Built in 1790 in Marple. Cheshire on the river Goyt. Built in the Georgian period late 1700's It was owned by Industrial pioneer Samuel Oldknow.  Oldknow had borrowed money from Arkwright who owned mills in Manchester to fund this project. Mellor Mill had two waterwheels. Plus an extensive run of tunnels underneath to tailrace the water back to the river Goyt. We explore these hidden underground tunnels in this urbex industrial archeology adventure. We marvel at the Georgian architecture. The mill is now in ruins and only remains at ground level. There was a huge fire in 1892 and the mill fell into ruins. Such a shame as it was a pioneer of the Industrial revolution.

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