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Rebel
05-05-2009, 10:04 PM
On the outskirts of Burnley - a town once dominated by the textile industry, lies Harle Syke, the home of Queen Street Mill, the last surviving, operational steam powered weaving mill in the world. Owned by a workers co-operative “The Queen Street Manufacturing Company” the mill is a time capsule of the late Victorian age, which produced cloth using Victorian steam driven power looms until its closure in 1982.


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Stream engine to drive the looms
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Cheers,
~R

boxfrenzy
05-05-2009, 10:09 PM
Nice one mate. I wonder if somewhere, in a forgotten building in a quiet northern town, there may just be a place like that lying forgotten and dusty. Lovely picutures mate, really good.

converse1
05-05-2009, 10:10 PM
That's great mate. I've wanted to go here for ages. nice one. :thumb

Muse
05-05-2009, 10:53 PM
they've done a great job there and very nice photos :)

sqwasher
06-05-2009, 08:54 AM
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh295/Frontline81/Rebel/Queen%20Street%20Mill/IMG_9424.jpg

Now that is a hell of a view-really cool pic! Good to see one so well looked after! :thumb

KingElvis
06-05-2009, 09:07 AM
Great stuff mate, I would love to see this for myself. I would love to hear it going full steam too :-)

Rebel
06-05-2009, 11:21 AM
We sneaked into the weaving shed bit when one of the staff left the gate open :lol: Normally you can't get that close to all the looms in there. They all work too but not in the last hour of the day. I think they make tea towels there and sell them. Its not a very big place really, the looms in the weaving shed take up most of the space.

There isn't much for kids to do there really so I reckon they would get bored pretty quick!

ERNIE99_UK
06-05-2009, 11:34 AM
Theres 309 looms in that shed:w00t. Its a great place to go to appreciate what a mill looked like when operational.