tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post6646924325624248610..comments2023-11-05T10:59:37.824+00:00Comments on Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Weekend Reflections: Mill RaceMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-77815728306135621232011-03-28T18:42:01.619+01:002011-03-28T18:42:01.619+01:00To me, this is one of your best.
I could spend a s...To me, this is one of your best.<br />I could spend a spring afternoon here.Ashtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-21411529986767621342011-03-26T19:53:32.335+00:002011-03-26T19:53:32.335+00:00The mill was behind the camera, Jocodeane. It was ...The mill was behind the camera, Jocodeane. It was called Rasping Mill. It was a water-powered woollen mill built in 1775 and contained equipment such as a teaser, scribbling engines, mules and fulling stocks. I believe it was called a scribbling mill.<br /><br />It was demolished in 1834 and replaced with a larger steam-powered mill. In 1899 it was expanded further by building large single-storey weaving sheds over what had been the mill lodge (pond). You can see these in the aerial view.<br /><br />There is a web page about the history of this mill <a href="http://www.hamandbud.co.uk/industrial_valleys/rasping.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />The building with the rows of small windows in the photo is a three-storey building built over the mill race so it may have also made use of water power. It looks as if it had a weaving room on the top floor, in common with many early weavers' houses before the larger factories were built.Martin (Ashton-under-Lyne)http://ashton-under-lyne.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-61594129152597139192011-03-26T19:23:05.715+00:002011-03-26T19:23:05.715+00:00Nice path for a walk.
What kind of mill was it?
Lo...Nice path for a walk.<br />What kind of mill was it?<br />Looks like a weaving shed in the distance.jocodeanehttp://1jo.conoreply@blogger.com