Shaw Hall factory

Shaw Hall factory was a cotton mill in the 19th century in lower Matley, Hyde, Greater Manchester in which nearly 200 people worked. In its location now is a street (Shaw Hall Avenue) named after the factory. The factory was demolished in the early 20th century to make way for the street. The mill is marked as Shawhall Mill and Mount Pleasant Mill in maps of 1898 and 1910, respectively.[1][2]

History

The factory was built during the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century and was a cotton mill throughout its life. It was run as the Shaw Hall Cotton Spinning Company and owned by the Ashton Brothers & Co Ltd. Now in its place is a street called Shaw Hall Avenue which runs off Matley Lane, that links Hyde town centre and outer Newton, Matley and Harrop Edge. The cotton came mainly came from India.

Fires

The factory had many fires in its time, some harmless some fatal, but the sturdy structure stood until it was demolished in the 1920s. The old millstones and bricks have smoke stains still on them and the stones have been used as walls for the 1930s houses and the bricks for the houses. Some curved bricks have been found on the site of the mill.

gollark: Sunk cost fallacy = UTTER bees.
gollark: > This book is intended as a text for a second or third level undergraduate course in introductory ethical calculus or morality science. Ethical Calculus on the Astral Manifold demonstrates foundational concepts of ZFC+DMR axiomatic moral theory in particularly novel ways. Join an autonomous car as it journeys across the utility isosurface, restricted in phase-space by the physical constraints of spacetime. Follow the thought processes of the man at the lever in the modified manifold trolley problem. Watch as a eigenmoses maximizer behaves in a simulated environment, following an instinct one might find very familiar. These are just a few of many case studies presented, analyzed in detail in a manner both interesting, easy to read, and highly informative. Freshman knowledge of real analytical techniques is recommended but not necessarily required.
gollark: I was hoping for the realization of this random book cover.
gollark: I see.
gollark: What do you mean "morally"? Have you devised some sort of formally specified typed encoding for ethics?

References
  1. Cheshire (Map) (1st Revision ed.). 1:2500. County Series. Ordnance Survey. 1898.
  2. Cheshire (Map) (2nd Revision ed.). 1:2500. County Series. Ordnance Survey. 1910.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.