Queen Street Mill, Burnley - May 2009

[Rebel]

On the outskirts of Burnley - a town once dominated by the textile industry, lies Harle Syke, the home of Queen Street Mill, the last surviving, operational steam powered weaving mill in the world. Owned by a workers co-operative “The Queen Street Manufacturing Company” the mill is a time capsule of the late Victorian age, which produced cloth using Victorian steam driven power looms until its closure in 1982.

Stream engine to drive the looms

Cheers,
~R

[boxfrenzy]

Nice one mate. I wonder if somewhere, in a forgotten building in a quiet northern town, there may just be a place like that lying forgotten and dusty. Lovely picutures mate, really good.

[converse1]

That's great mate. I've wanted to go here for ages. nice one.

[Muse]

they've done a great job there and very nice photos

[sqwasher]

Now that is a hell of a view-really cool pic! Good to see one so well looked after!

[KingElvis]

Great stuff mate, I would love to see this for myself. I would love to hear it going full steam too :-)

[Rebel]

We sneaked into the weaving shed bit when one of the staff left the gate open Normally you can't get that close to all the looms in there. They all work too but not in the last hour of the day. I think they make tea towels there and sell them. Its not a very big place really, the looms in the weaving shed take up most of the space.

There isn't much for kids to do there really so I reckon they would get bored pretty quick!

[ERNIE99_UK]

Theres 309 looms in that shed. Its a great place to go to appreciate what a mill looked like when operational.