India Mill, Darwen, Lancashire
Eccles Shorrock & Co., cotton spinners, constructed this impressive building between 1859 and 1871, including the erection of a 303ft high Italian campanile chimney, which still dominates the skyline of Darwen town centre and is now itself a Grade II* listed structure.
At its peak in the 1920s, the mill housed almost 100,000 mule and ring spindles and employed a significant workforce.
The mill began to move towards spinning artificial fibres in 1933, became part of the William Baird Textile Group in 1954, was purchased in 1985 by Carrington Viyella, and closed in 1991.
India Mill, Darwen, Lancashire
Eccles Shorrock & Co., cotton spinners, constructed this impressive building between 1859 and 1871, including the erection of a 303ft high Italian campanile chimney, which still dominates the skyline of Darwen town centre and is now itself a Grade II* listed structure.
At its peak in the 1920s, the mill housed almost 100,000 mule and ring spindles and employed a significant workforce.
The mill began to move towards spinning artificial fibres in 1933, became part of the William Baird Textile Group in 1954, was purchased in 1985 by Carrington Viyella, and closed in 1991.