Tower Mill, Dukinfield
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Tower Mill is a cotton mill in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is a grade II listed building. It was designed by Potts, Pickup & Dixon in 1885 and spun cotton, using mules and spinning frames until 1955 when it was no longer used as a cotton mill and was subsequently used by various industries and divided into small units, at one point plans were even passed for the mill to be converted into luxury apartments but with the recession in 2007/8 this plan was abandoned. After several years of lying empty it was eventually bought in 2013, restored and re-equipped to ring spin superfine cotton yarns in 2016 and is now after the absence for many years the only cotton mill in production in the United Kingdom.
Location in Greater Manchester | |
Location | Dukinfield, Greater Manchester (formerly Cheshire), England |
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Serving canal | Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
Owner | Christian Koch |
Current owners | English Fine Cotton Ltd |
Coordinates | 53°28′51″N 2°04′33″W |
Construction | |
Completed | 1885 |
Renovated |
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Floor count | 4 |
Design team | |
Architect | Potts, Pickup & Dixon |
Equipment | |
Date | 2016 / 2017 |
Manufacturer | Truetzschler , Zinser , Savio |
Ring Frames path | 24,000 ring spindles (1955) 7,200 ring spindles (2017) |