Grade II
Western No.3 Mill (Also known as Eckersley's Mills)
Swan Meadow Road, Wigan
Description
Cotton spinning mill, comprising spinning block with associated boiler house, chimney and engine house, and beaming and reeling block; now mostly sports equipment warehouse. Dated 1900. By AH Stott & Sons, for Farington Eckersley & Co. Ltd.; altered.
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A great article by Martin Holden
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Courtesy of Ron Hunt and wiganworld, lots of images of the Mills, the workers, and memories - Link
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More images from an illegal visit - Link
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