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Report - Durban Mill, Oldham - August 2014

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Marsden1002

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28DL Full Member
Hello All.

Visited with a non member who has done quite a lot with me recently. Quite an uneventful explore until we was exiting and security turned up . . . .

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I can't find much history on the mill. I know Littlewoods have used this site in the past, along with Findel Education. Looking at paper work in the Mill, they moved out around 2009 and the mill's been empty since.The engine house kept a 1800 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine by Yates and Thom, 1906. 24"HP, 29"IP, two 38"LP X 5 ft 6 in stroke. 180 psi, 65 rpm. 27 ft, 67 ton flywheel, 38 ropes. Corliss valves on all cylinders. Guide under block between cylinders. Air pump driven from each crosshead. In January 1929 it was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited who ran a total of 104 mills when it was Incorporated


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The stunning artwork had been covered over by a false ceiling. Quite hard to capture as it had been pulled down in places . . . . .

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Onto the roof . . . . .

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Thanks!
 

Carter

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Very nice indeed mate. That energy conservation sign is a nice touch
 

Speed

Got Epic?
Regular User
Nice work. Been waiting to see in this one for years! Looks like the engine hall is a hidden gem!
 

Ojay

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Staff member
Admin
Surprised nobody else has bothered with it actually, I guess the security guard will be busy now over the next few weeks :rolleyes:

Good to see you back on it and something different as well, good stuff Marsden :thumb
 

Marsden1002

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Thanks for the comments. My photography skills ain't great so I'm hoping someone else gets to see it before it gets shut down - it is for sale at the moment thou!
 

Stopford_lad

foul-mouthed oaf
28DL Full Member
selling yourself short again mate..spot on those :thumb Is this the one we weighed up with Tom a while back ?
 
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