Drove past this after Christmas and had a quick once round.
The sign on the front said it was a furniture manufacturer so I was expecting leftover chairs etc.
What I wasn’t expecting was the remains of a large weed farm - more details about this at https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/police-find-cannabis-farm-2700-18451999.
Brief Background. There’s plenty of information online about the building, which was originally (1860) a cotton mill.
The four storey roadside section dates from 1896 and once housed a 900 bhp steam engine which powered the works by a rope pulley system, all dismantled in 1960.
There used to be weaving sheds at the rear, later used for furniture manufacture, which were demolished a few years ago.
The most recent firm operating from the mill was Sutcliffe Furniture which closed in 2011 and the machinery was auctioned off.
Pictures are ordered from the (partial) basement up.
Strongroom containing a safe.
Lots of lamps and sacks of grow pellets.
Diesel generator.
Lift electrics and the boiler room - it sounded like something was still running in there.
Second floor with canteen at the end.
Don’t you hate it when things are ‘arranged’.
Ducting from weed plants going into the sawdust extraction system - should’ve plumbed them into the main chimney.
View of part of Cornholme and the Calder Valley.
The sign on the front said it was a furniture manufacturer so I was expecting leftover chairs etc.
What I wasn’t expecting was the remains of a large weed farm - more details about this at https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/police-find-cannabis-farm-2700-18451999.
Brief Background. There’s plenty of information online about the building, which was originally (1860) a cotton mill.
The four storey roadside section dates from 1896 and once housed a 900 bhp steam engine which powered the works by a rope pulley system, all dismantled in 1960.
There used to be weaving sheds at the rear, later used for furniture manufacture, which were demolished a few years ago.
The most recent firm operating from the mill was Sutcliffe Furniture which closed in 2011 and the machinery was auctioned off.
Pictures are ordered from the (partial) basement up.
Strongroom containing a safe.
Lots of lamps and sacks of grow pellets.
Diesel generator.
Lift electrics and the boiler room - it sounded like something was still running in there.
Second floor with canteen at the end.
Don’t you hate it when things are ‘arranged’.
Ducting from weed plants going into the sawdust extraction system - should’ve plumbed them into the main chimney.
View of part of Cornholme and the Calder Valley.