These photos were all taken by Mike Davies-Shiel. The notes below them are copied from his slides. More of his originals, and copies of other material on the subject – newspaper articles, old photographs etc. – can be found on the Cumbria Archive Service’s website.
Click here for a detailed drawing of the mill and an explanation of how it worked.
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- Inspection table, Aug 1996 (48-156)
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- Loom chains decide cloth patterns, Mar 1992 (48-144)
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- Slay bar and picker machinery, Mar 1992 (48-143)
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- Loom warp beams and trolleys, Mar 1992 (48-140)
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- Taking down the warp beam, Mar 1992 (48-138)
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- Instructions on warp balloon, Mar 1992 (48-131)
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- Garret – 12 bays, Mar 1992 (48-121)
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- Main buildings, Mar 1992 (48-119)
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- Bed of loom and slay, Jun 1975 (48-114)
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- Cops placed in the creel, Jun 1975 (48-106)
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- Winding frame, Jun 1979 (48-102)
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- Warp mill, Jun 1979 (48-101)
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- Ring spinner, Jun 1979 (48-098)
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- Carding, spinning house, Jun 1979 (48-093)
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- Water wheel position, Jun 1979 (48-090)
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- Mill race, Jun 1979 (48-089)
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- Headrace tunnel, Jun 1979 (48-088)
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- New wing built after 1909, Jun 1979 (48-085)
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- Mill race, Jun 1979 (48-084)
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- Old works, Jun 1979 (48-083)
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- Old fulling mill only just demolished, Jun 1979 (48-073)
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- Dobcross loom with drop box, Mar 1992 (43-098)
