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Higher Audley Street Spinnig 001

b22651. Higher Audley Street Mill showing the interior of this ring spinning mill. 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 October 1941. M. 31 Hig.

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Image Height 477
Image Width 640
Image Copyrights Blackburn with Darwen
Image Location Blackburn Library
Date 1941-1950
Image Format Photographs - Black & White
Place Blackburn
Subjects Cotton Spinning and Weaving
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