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The industry peaked in 1912 when it produced 8 billion yards of cloth. The Great War of 1914–18 halted the supply of raw cotton, and the
British government encouraged its colonies to build mills to spin and weave cotton. The war over, Lancashire never regained its markets. The independent mills were
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In 1946 May Mill had 77,964 ring spindles, but by 1948 this had fallen to 72,984. It was re-equipped around 1950. Between 1960 and 1962 the mill was converted to electric ring spinning frames. The mill was eventually taken over by
Courtaulds in 1962–63 to produce carpet fibre, which it continued to
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Pemberton's history was built on coal and cotton. The first May Mill was built in 1889 on the site of Wilde's Mill, a woollen mill built in 1850 and destroyed by fire on 13 June 1859. A second mill, known as Roper's Mill was built and also burnt down after a fire started in the engine house. In
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Although we expected to see some old spinning machines, we were very surprised to find so many still in use; in fact, there was very little new machinery. Many of the machines were pre-1920, and some dated to about the turn of the century. Slubber and drawing frames were said to be part of the
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January 1889 the May Mill
Spinning Company limited was formed to build a new fireproof mill to replace the one destroyed. The cornerstone was laid on 25 March 1889 and the engines, named Louisa and Helen, were dedicated in May 1890.
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in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry. May Mill, Pemberton was one of 104 mills bought by the LCC, and one of the 53 mills that survived through to 1950. The mill was closed by
Courtaulds in 1980.
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Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
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The mills and organisation of the
Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited
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General Union of
Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association
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Dunkerley-Tuson Family
Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth
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May No 2 was driven by a 1500 hp cross compound engine by
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May No 1 was driven by 800 hp cross compound engine by
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A Guide to the
Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester
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Demolished buildings and structures in Greater Manchester
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Textile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation
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original May Mill equipment These were made in 1902 by
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North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association
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Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith
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Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Society
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Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
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1450:Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association
2405:Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hindsford
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980:B. Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co
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2752:List of collieries in Lancashire since 1854
1500:United Textile Factory Workers' Association
1490:Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation
748:Winstanley, Ray; Winstanley, Derek (1981),
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589:Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1930s–1964)
567:of Accrington. Numerous carding frames by
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16:Cotton mill in Greater Manchester, England
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555:do until its closure on 17 October 1980.
2360:St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh
2726:Wigan Darlington Street railway station
2420:St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield
726:, Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited
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2355:St John the Divine's Church, Pemberton
2350:St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton
480:, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
1020:Yates & Thom / Yates of Blackburn
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85:Pemberton, Wigan, Greater Manchester
2542:Wigan North Western railway station
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2451:University Technical College Wigan
2370:St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh
2076:Waterside Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
1893:Junction Mill, Middleton Junction
1455:Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union
1000:William Roberts & Co of Nelson
56:Location within Greater Manchester
14:
2891:Buildings and structures in Wigan
2340:St James and St Thomas, Poolstock
2320:Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield
1475:General Union of Loom Overlookers
751:Founded on Coal: A parish history
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1903:Laurel Mill, Middleton Junction
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1460:Amalgamated Weavers' Association
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675:The Times, 30 August 1980, p. 21
643:Winstanley & Winstanley 1981
603:
47:
40:
24:
890:Sidney Stott (later Sir Philip)
776:McNeil, R.; Nevell, M. (2000).
2547:Wigan Wallgate railway station
2071:Tudor Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
2066:Texas Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
2061:Stalybridge Mill, Stalybridge
2046:Cedar Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
2041:Atlas Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
1318:Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust
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2721:Wigan Central railway station
2482:Appley Bridge railway station
2335:St George's Church, Tyldesley
2051:Rock Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
1746:Lancashire Cotton Corporation
1293:Lancashire Cotton Corporation
1267:Thomas Whitehead and Brothers
970:W & J Galloway & Sons
733:"Arthur Robert's Engine List"
515:Lancashire Cotton Corporation
490:Lancashire Cotton Corporation
107:Lancashire Cotton Corporation
2446:St John Rigby College, Wigan
2425:St Wifrid's Church, Standish
2415:St Stephen's Church, Whelley
2400:St Peter's Church, Westleigh
2226:Ince-in-Makerfield Town Hall
2186:Astley Green Colliery Museum
2164:Buildings and structures in
2025:Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury
1071:John Hetherington & Sons
955:Clayton, Goodfellow & Co
2410:St Stephen's Church, Astley
1790:Ainsworth Mill, Breightmet
1056:Butterworth & Dickinson
492:in the 1930s and passed to
420:Installed horse power (ihp)
407:23 ½"HP, 50"LP X 5ft stroke
404:Cylinder diameter and throw
300:Installed horse power (ihp)
284:Cylinder diameter and throw
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2696:Pennington railway station
2522:Lower Ince railway station
2395:St Peter's Church, Hindley
2380:St Matthew's Church, Wigan
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1868:Blackridings Mill, Oldham
1795:Bolton Union Mill, Bolton
1771:
1288:Fine Spinners and Doublers
896:
700:Dunkerley, Philip (2009),
287:22"HP, 42"LP X 5ft stroke.
2716:Westleigh railway station
2711:Tyldesley railway station
2532:Pemberton railway station
2325:Christ Church, Pennington
2310:All Saints' Church, Wigan
2118:Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe
2010:Kingston Mill, Stockport
1974:Arkwright Mill, Rochdale
1953:Textile Mill, Chadderton
1943:Royton Ring Mill, Royton
1913:Majestic Mill, Waterhead
1821:Imperial Mill, Blackburn
1699:John Kay (spinning frame)
1694:John Kay (flying shuttle)
1339:Cotton-spinning machinery
1111:Parr, Curtis & Madely
1061:Curtis, Parr & Walton
940:Browett, Lindley & Co
807:www.spinningtheweb.org.uk
737:Arthur Roberts Black Book
611:Greater Manchester portal
210:
35:
23:
2742:List of schools in Wigan
2507:Hag Fold railway station
2497:Gathurst railway station
2487:Atherton railway station
2330:St David's Church, Haigh
2015:Palmer Mills, Stockport
1933:Regent Mill, Failsworth
1908:Magnet Mill, Chadderton
1842:Brunswick Mill, Ancoats
1800:Century Mill, Farnworth
1136:Textile Machinery Makers
1116:British Northrop Loom Co
1035:Woolstenhulmes & Rye
985:John Musgrave & Sons
865:Bradshaw Gass & Hope
2805:Billinge and Winstanley
2577:Sport and entertainment
2512:Hindley railway station
2456:Wigan and Leigh College
2375:St Mary's Church, Wigan
2365:St Jude's Church, Wigan
2345:St John's Church, Wigan
2020:Vernon Mill, Stockport
1918:Manor Mill, Chadderton
1888:Heron Mill, Hollinwood
1765:Wilton Mill, Radcliffe
1653:Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
1313:James Burton & Sons
1303:Combined Egyptian Mills
1141:Tweedales & Smalley
731:Roberts, A. S. (1921),
2747:List of mills in Wigan
2527:Orrell railway station
2056:Saxon Mill, Droylsden
1984:Malta Mill, Middleton
1898:Kent Mill, Chadderton
1835:Manchester and Salford
1349:Magnetic ring spinning
1344:DREF friction spinning
1025:Willans & Robinson
930:Bateman & Sherratt
592:Courtaulds (1964–1980)
581:
351:77,964 spindles (1946)
2517:Leigh railway station
2181:Abram Council Offices
2123:Mons Mill, Todmorden
1878:Fox Mill, Hollinwood
1863:Ace Mill, Hollinwood
1526:Mule spinners' cancer
1495:The Textile Institute
1465:Cardroom Amalgamation
1334:Textile manufacturing
1146:T. Wildman & Sons
1131:Taylor, Lang & Co
1091:Howard & Bullough
1081:John Pilling and Sons
1015:Urmson & Thompson
925:Ashworth & Parker
619:Textile manufacturing
565:Howard & Bullough
389:cross compound engine
269:cross compound engine
192:Howard & Bullough
30:May mill, before 1951
2785:Ashton-in-Makerfield
2661:Central Park stadium
2594:Leigh Sports Village
2492:Bryn railway station
2430:Tyldesley Top Chapel
2251:Museum of Wigan Life
2246:Morleys Hall, Astley
2005:Elder Mill, Romiley
1989:Mars Mill, Castleton
1979:Harp Mill, Castleton
1928:Orme Mill, Waterhead
1847:Monton Mill, Eccles
1509:Employment practices
1327:Industrial processes
945:Buckley & Taylor
870:F.W. Dixon & Son
474:cotton spinning mill
455:Boiler configuration
335:Boiler configuration
95:May Mill Spinning Co
75:Spinning (ring mill)
2773:Listed buildings in
2656:Bickershaw Colliery
2191:Bedford Hall, Leigh
2097:May Mill, Pemberton
2092:Empress Mill, Ince
1521:Kissing the shuttle
1298:Bagley & Wright
1237:George Augustus Lee
1227:William Houldsworth
1197:Nathaniel Eckersley
1066:Dobson & Barlow
1010:Scott & Hodgson
975:Benjamin Goodfellow
960:Earnshaw & Holt
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2691:Parsonage Colliery
2556:Shopping complexes
2461:Winstanley College
2261:Trencherfield Mill
2102:Trencherfield Mill
1948:Rutland Mill, Shaw
1938:Royd Mill, Oldham
1177:Hugh Hornby Birley
1121:Pemberton & Co
1106:Mather & Platt
1086:Harling & Todd
1051:Brooks & Doxey
995:Petrie of Rochdale
990:J & W McNaught
935:Boulton & Watt
802:www.cottontown.org
537:Lancashire boilers
146:53.5275°N 2.6713°W
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2671:Gibfield Colliery
2537:Wigan bus station
2303:Places of worship
2221:Hindley Town Hall
2196:Billinge Hospital
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1958:Trent Mill, Shaw
1923:Newby Mill, Shaw
1760:Pilot Mill, Bury
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1669:Richard Arkwright
1648:Weavers' Triangle
1643:Queen Street Mill
1424:Lancashire boiler
1354:Open-end spinning
1276:Limited companies
1242:Charles Macintosh
1182:Joseph Brotherton
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428:Flywheel diameter
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316:Transmission type
308:Flywheel diameter
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100:Further ownership
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2701:Springfield Park
2651:Bedford Colliery
2502:Gathurst Viaduct
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2241:Mather Lane Mill
2206:Damhouse, Astley
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1883:Hawk Mill, Shaw
1873:Dawn Mill, Shaw
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1684:James Hargreaves
1582:Oldham (borough)
1192:Peter Drinkwater
1162:Elkanah Armitage
1044:Machinery makers
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706:, archived from
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2315:Chowbent Chapel
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2256:Wigan Town Hall
2236:Leigh Town Hall
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1674:Samuel Crompton
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1638:Helmshore Mills
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1531:Piece-rate list
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1399:Lancashire Loom
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1283:Oldham Limiteds
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1222:Richard Howarth
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1096:Geo. Hattersley
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860:David Bellhouse
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770:Further reading
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2584:DW Stadium
2266:Wigan Pier
2216:Haigh Hall
1826:Mavis Mill
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625:References
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206:References
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358:May No. 2
227:Completed
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183:1905–1950
175:Equipment
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2681:May Mill
2034:Tameside
1967:Rochdale
1662:Pioneers
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1384:Steaming
1101:Asa Lees
654:LCC 1951
597:See also
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460:Pressure
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340:Pressure
327:of ropes
81:Location
2820:Hindley
1626:Museums
1597:Salford
1587:Preston
1379:Carding
500:History
109:(1930s)
2835:Orrell
2795:Astley
2790:Aspull
2608:Others
1856:Oldham
1783:Bolton
1552:Bolton
846:cotton
784:
584:Owners
472:was a
463:180psi
423:1500hp
343:180psi
115:(1964)
67:Cotton
2855:Wigan
2830:Leigh
2815:Haigh
2780:Abram
2735:Lists
2085:Wigan
1612:Wigan
880:Stott
755:(PDF)
527:Power
439:ropes
415:62rpm
363:Power
303:800hp
295:62rpm
243:Power
92:Owner
2825:Ince
1753:Bury
1557:Bury
782:ISBN
763:2010
716:2009
431:28ft
371:1901
368:Date
319:rope
311:20ft
251:1892
248:Date
238:1980
230:1898
180:Date
170:1889
484:in
476:in
445:No.
412:rpm
325:No.
292:rpm
2877::
735:,
633:^
450:34
330:24
198:,
194:,
2157:e
2150:t
2143:v
1738:e
1731:t
1724:v
835:e
828:t
821:v
790:.
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