Bancroft Shed
Bancroft Shed was a weaving shed in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England. It is situated on the road to Skipton, in Yorkshire was started in 1914 and commissioned in 1920 for James Nutter & Sons Limited. The mill closed in 1979 and was demolished. The engine house, chimneys and boilers were preserved and maintained as a working steam museum. The mill was the last steam driven weaving shed to be constructed and the last to close. The engine house is open to visitors and the William Roberts cross compound 600hp engine regularly runs from steam generated from donated wood.
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Bancroft Shed
Bancroft Shed was a weaving shed in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England. It is situated on the road to Skipton, in Yorkshire was started in 1914 and commissioned in 1920 for James Nutter & Sons Limited. The mill closed in 1979 and was demolished. The engine house, chimneys and boilers were preserved and maintained as a working steam museum. The mill was the last steam driven weaving shed to be constructed and the last to close. The engine house is open to visitors and the William Roberts cross compound 600hp engine regularly runs from steam generated from donated wood.
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39,351,905
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734,810,628
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architecture firm
W M Atkinson of Colne
boilers
, coal fired , now used as water reservoir
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, coal fired , now wood fired
building name
building type
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Bancroft engine house and chimney
completion date
current-owner
Bancroft Mill Engine Trust
date of equipping
engine date
engine hp
engine rpm
engine type
Cross compound
engine valve
Corliss valves operated by Dobson trip gear
equipment maker
floor area
floor construction
Rossendale stone flags
floor count
Latitude
5.39111e+1
location country
Longitude
-2.1919e+0
map type
United Kingdom Borough of Pendle
no of looms
owner
James Nutter & Sons Ltd
start date
transmission type
Rope drive to second motion then line shafts
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Bancroft Shed was a weaving sh ...... m generated from donated wood.
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Bancroft Shed
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