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Jubilee Mill, Gate Street 005

Jubilee Mill Gate Street. The Mill dates from 1887 and had 570 looms. It produced dobby cloth and dhooties. Weaving finished in 1931. it later became an enineering shop. This mill, in 1912, was the site of a most horrific murder, when Alice Beetham had her throat cut by Aurther Birket who was hanged for the deed.

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Image Height 640
Image Width 425
Image Copyrights Ross Malcolm
Image Location Blackburn Library
Date 2001-2010
Image Format Photographs - Colour
Place Blackburn
Subjects Cotton Mills
Image Collections Ross Malcolm