place

Magnet Mill, Chadderton

Buildings and structures in ChaddertonTextile mills in the Metropolitan Borough of OldhamTextile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation

Magnet Mill, Chadderton is a cotton spinning mill in Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It was built by the Magnet Mill Ltd. in 1902, but purchased by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1935. It was later taken over by the Courtaulds Group. Ceasing textile production in December 1966, it was demolished soon after. A suburban residential estate now occupies this site. It was driven by a 2200 hp twin tandem compound engine by George Saxon & Co, Openshaw, 1903. It had a 27-foot flywheel with 35 ropes, operating at 64½ rpm.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Magnet Mill, Chadderton (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Magnet Mill, Chadderton
Crawley Way,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Website Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Magnet Mill, ChaddertonContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 53.5378 ° E -2.1461 °
placeShow on map

Address

Christ Church CofE Primary School

Crawley Way
OL9 9ED , Nimble Nook
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number

call+441616240907

Website
christchurchchad.co.uk

linkVisit website

Share experience

Nearby Places

Chadderton
Chadderton

Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk and Rochdale Canal. It is located in the foothills of the Pennines, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Oldham, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Rochdale and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, Chadderton's early history is marked by its status as a manorial township, with its own lords, who included the Asshetons, Chethams, Radclyffes and Traffords. Chadderton in the Middle Ages was chiefly distinguished by its two mansions, Foxdenton Hall and Chadderton Hall, and by the prestigious families who occupied them. Farming was the main industry of the area, with locals supplementing their incomes by hand-loom woollen weaving in the domestic system. Chadderton's urbanisation and expansion coincided largely with developments in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era. A late-19th century factory-building boom transformed Chadderton from a rural township into a major mill town and the second most populous urban district in the United Kingdom. More than 50 cotton mills had been built in Chadderton by 1914. Although Chadderton's industries declined in the mid-20th century, the town continued to grow as a result of suburbanisation and urban renewal. The legacy of the town's industrial past remains visible in its landscape of red-brick cotton mills, now used as warehouses or distribution centres. Some of these are listed buildings because of their architectural, historical and cultural significance.