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Elk Mill, Royton
Submitted by Chris Allen
© Copyright Chris Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
| Name | Elk Mill, Royton |
| Distance | 0.25 miles from OL2 5ED |
| Description | One of the last cotton spinning mills to be built (there were one or two around 1926) in Lancashire and opened 1927. Was driven by a Parsons steam turbine. The mill cost ?250,000 and employed 400. Finally closed 1998. Now demolished. |
| Photographer | Chris Allen |
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