The Reasons for the Changes to the Original Helmshore Mill
The first change to the original site was the building of Higher Mill
in 1789. This was a woollen fulling and finishing mill built by the
Turner family. They built the mill here because there wasn't another
fulling mill in the area, the nearest was Rochdale, so there was a
healthy market for their services. They chose this particular site
however because it had all which powered the fulling stocks, there was
already a turnpike road next to the site providing the resources which
they needed; the River Ogden provided water to run the waterwheel good
transport links for the mill, it was a country area so there was
already spinning and weaving in the area supplying the mill with goods
to be fulled. These local people could also be used as workers in the
mill.
Soon afterwards the mill was extended to meet the high demand for the
fulling and finishing services. In 1820 the Turners built another
larger mill on the same site to carry out the carding, spinning and
weaving of wool. It was built here so that the processes of making and
finishing woollen cloth could all be carried out on one site; this
saved money on transportation and supplied the fulling mill with work.
Over the next thirty years the fulling mill was re-equipped at least
once to update its machinery. In 1847 (as shown by source A) a rail
viaduct was built past one side of the mill and twenty yards of the
mill was knocked down. Turner received compensation for the loss and
spent some of the money updating the mill. He also benefited in that
he no had improved transport links for his goods, but he had to stop
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...urses to prevent accidents. Inside the buildings a new library
and offices have been set up to allow administration space and wider
resources.
The mill is now a 'museum with an outstanding collection'; this allows
it to bid for government money. This money has in the past been used
building an interactive display where the old display gallery was;
this includes some of the machinery that was moved down from the
higher floors. The trust is awaiting further grant money in order to
convert the first floor of higher mill into another exhibition area.
The finishing room is now used as a demonstrative room to show the
finishing processes.
Throughout the mills lives they have both always been connected with
the textiles industries, woollen or cotton. And now as museums they
still show how these industries once worked.
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