Steam Engine at Queen Street Mill & Textile Museum, Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire.
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Queen Street Textile Mill was
Queen Street Textile Mill was built in 1894 as a Calico mill, run as a co-operative.
Coal fired boilers supply steam to a 500 horsepower horizontal engine, which in turn drives 308 looms via belts and shafting.
Originally the mill contained over a 1000 looms.
This mill only stopped working commercially in 1982 and is now the largest and most complete steam driven mill left. It is a survivor of hundreds which were once in use in Lancashire and Yorkshire, which employed thousands of people until the mid 1960's.
The noise, dust and general working conditions must have been terrible with all the looms working at once.
This mill is a small sized example most were much larger having several thousand looms and much bigger engines. My film footage at the Trencherfield Mill, shows how big these could be.
An excellent museum and well worth a visit!
Coal fired boilers supply steam to a 500 horsepower horizontal engine, which in turn drives 308 looms via belts and shafting.
Originally the mill contained over a 1000 looms.
This mill only stopped working commercially in 1982 and is now the largest and most complete steam driven mill left. It is a survivor of hundreds which were once in use in Lancashire and Yorkshire, which employed thousands of people until the mid 1960's.
The noise, dust and general working conditions must have been terrible with all the looms working at once.
This mill is a small sized example most were much larger having several thousand looms and much bigger engines. My film footage at the Trencherfield Mill, shows how big these could be.
An excellent museum and well worth a visit!
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