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Higher Audley Street Mill 002

b22646. The mill was built in 1864-65. In 1926 it had 32,496 ring spindles and employed 300 hands. The mill closed in 1959 by the Cotton Industry Act. Both the spinning and weaving sheds were demolished in the 1970's. Photograph taken 1974.

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Image Height 443
Image Width 640
Image Copyrights Blackburn with Darwen
Image Location Blackburn Library
Date 1971-1980
Image Format Photographs - Black & White
Place Blackburn
Subjects Cotton Mills
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