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Rock Nook mill was originally the home of Fothergill and Harvey which was founded in 1847, as a partnership between Thomas Fothergill and Alexander Harvey, the company has been producing technical textiles since 1848.
Originally, fabrics were woven from natural fibres such as cotton and the company produced the first khaki drill for servicemen's uniforms.
Rock Nook was constructed in 1886 as the company grew and expanded. By 1945, as a research unit had been established, the company was diversifying away from cotton and into glass and other synthetic fabrics.
The company was amongst the first weavers to produce fabrics from new aramid fibres and during 1972 took advantage of the technology available from the Royal Aircraft Establishment to weave carbon fibre.
The Fothergill and Harvey Group was acquired by Courtaulds in 1987 and using the technology of Courtaulds commenced production of knitted fabrics.
Once Fothergill and Harvey left the mill was taken over by Tygaflor Ltd. who in turn have been swallowed up by Saint-Gobain and moved to Rochdale.
This is an updated report on the site for anybody who might be looking to explore the place, and can't find any fairly recent reports.
The way in is located round the back, which can be found by a set of stairs on the left side of the building
As seen here, this is the place you should look for, with the stairs being to the left which bring you behind the mill.
Moving round you will find a metal fence, you can easily just move around it, and carefully stick to the side of the banking. Continuing down this way will bring you to the way in.
Upon entering you are greeted with the main rooms, which are large open rooms with pillars coming down from the ceiling, probably once filled with machinery.
This is much the same for the other floors with side rooms that differ, offices, elevators ect.
Anyway I'll dump a load of pictures here as you get the idea, enjoy!
The bottom floors were way to dark to get decent photographs, but there was a part I didn't explore, which may have been where all the pipework or generators are? I'm not too sure, will return and check that out as I haven't seen any pictures of that area on here either. Either way, decent explore, if not a bit creepy, especially with the strange sounds coming from the upper floors. Better than expected, would recommend for a nice nosey in the area.
Rock Nook mill was originally the home of Fothergill and Harvey which was founded in 1847, as a partnership between Thomas Fothergill and Alexander Harvey, the company has been producing technical textiles since 1848.
Originally, fabrics were woven from natural fibres such as cotton and the company produced the first khaki drill for servicemen's uniforms.
Rock Nook was constructed in 1886 as the company grew and expanded. By 1945, as a research unit had been established, the company was diversifying away from cotton and into glass and other synthetic fabrics.
The company was amongst the first weavers to produce fabrics from new aramid fibres and during 1972 took advantage of the technology available from the Royal Aircraft Establishment to weave carbon fibre.
The Fothergill and Harvey Group was acquired by Courtaulds in 1987 and using the technology of Courtaulds commenced production of knitted fabrics.
Once Fothergill and Harvey left the mill was taken over by Tygaflor Ltd. who in turn have been swallowed up by Saint-Gobain and moved to Rochdale.
This is an updated report on the site for anybody who might be looking to explore the place, and can't find any fairly recent reports.
The way in is located round the back, which can be found by a set of stairs on the left side of the building
As seen here, this is the place you should look for, with the stairs being to the left which bring you behind the mill.
Moving round you will find a metal fence, you can easily just move around it, and carefully stick to the side of the banking. Continuing down this way will bring you to the way in.
Upon entering you are greeted with the main rooms, which are large open rooms with pillars coming down from the ceiling, probably once filled with machinery.
This is much the same for the other floors with side rooms that differ, offices, elevators ect.
Anyway I'll dump a load of pictures here as you get the idea, enjoy!
The bottom floors were way to dark to get decent photographs, but there was a part I didn't explore, which may have been where all the pipework or generators are? I'm not too sure, will return and check that out as I haven't seen any pictures of that area on here either. Either way, decent explore, if not a bit creepy, especially with the strange sounds coming from the upper floors. Better than expected, would recommend for a nice nosey in the area.
