Brunswick Mill (Manchester) | spinning mill, closed, cotton spinning mill, Grade II Listed (UK)

United Kingdom / England / Manchester / Bradford Road
 spinning mill, closed, cotton spinning mill, Grade II Listed (UK)
Built c1840. Pevsner describes it as "one of the largest and best preserved of a distinctive type of mid-C19 fireproof mill associated with the designs of William Fairbairn." Seven-stories with 35 loading bays facing directly onto the canal; a smaller three 3/4-story block of warehouses and offices backs onto Bradford Road. The mill held some 276 carding machines, 77,000 mule spindles, 20 drawing frames, fifty slubbing frames and eighty one roving frames. The Ashton Canal runs along the rear. Grade II listed June 1994. Now a recording studio and rehearsal space for local musicians. -Adapted from Geograph & Wikipedia.

Photos:
1) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2818450
2) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3149450
3) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3371693
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Mill,_Ancoats
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Coordinates:   53°29'6"N   2°12'52"W
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