The earliest mills were powered with horses or mules in a rotary turnstyle, as seen in the Beverly Cotton Manufactory, however later mills used water power, since that was less interruptable and...
This was the Rose Mill, on Rose St. in Chadderton- it was completely destroyed by arsonists in a huge blaze on the night of 14th February 2007.
Built in 1885, it ceased production in 1946 and had...