Garfieldengine1959
Garfield Mill Engine House. 1959
An informant told me about it:
My recollections of both Garfield and Ellenroad was that Garfield's Engine House was not as clean and tidy as Ellenroads was. This however, could be due to the engine layout and design. Or maybe just the fact that the writing was on the wall, and there wasnt the available money for refurbishment.
This engine was built in 1883 by J Petrie & Co of Rochdale, as a horizontal twin tandem compound engine, used to power a 26 rope drive off a 27ft flywheel powering a cotton spinning factory. (Mules) It was converted to a triple expansion engine by John Musgrave & Sons of Bolton in 1902. It was scrapped when the mill closed in 1963.
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