Queen Street Mill
Queen Street Mill is a grade I listed building. in Harle Syke, a suburb to the north-east of Burnley, Lancashire. It was built in 1894 for the Queen Street Manufacturing Company. It closed on 12 March 1982 and was mothballed, but was subsequently taken over by Burnley Borough Council and maintained as a museum. In the 1990s ownership passed to Lancashire Museums. Unique in being the world's only surviving operational steam-driven weaving shed, it received an Engineering Heritage Award in November 2010. Previously open to visitors and offering weaving demonstrations it was indefinitely closed on 30 September 2016 (except for school parties).
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Queen Street Mill
Queen Street Mill is a grade I listed building. in Harle Syke, a suburb to the north-east of Burnley, Lancashire. It was built in 1894 for the Queen Street Manufacturing Company. It closed on 12 March 1982 and was mothballed, but was subsequently taken over by Burnley Borough Council and maintained as a museum. In the 1990s ownership passed to Lancashire Museums. Unique in being the world's only surviving operational steam-driven weaving shed, it received an Engineering Heritage Award in November 2010. Previously open to visitors and offering weaving demonstrations it was indefinitely closed on 30 September 2016 (except for school parties).
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Queen Street Mill is a grade I ...... 6 (except for school parties).
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architectural style
boilers
Twin Lancashire boilers, coal fired
building name
Queen Street Mill
building type
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Queen Street Mill
change of use date
current-owner
date of equipping
engine date
engine hp
engine maker
engine rpm
engine type
Tandem compound
engine valve
Corliss valves operated by Dobson trip gear
equipment maker
* Pemberton
* Harling & Todd
floor construction
floor count
Latitude
location country
location town
Longitude
map type
United Kingdom Borough of Burnley
no of looms
owner
Queen Street Manufacturing Company
power source
start date
textile type
transmission type
Direct drive to line shafts
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53.81 -2.2
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Queen Street Mill is a grade I ...... 6 (except for school parties).
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Queen Street Mill
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