I had to collect junior from Leeds before lockdown, so we stopped off at Dalton Mills on the way home.
This used to be a well trodden tourist spot, with about 20 reports on here, mostly from 2010/11, the most recent being 2015.
All I knew at the time was that it was your standard empty mill with no machinery except for a little workshop, which is everyone’s favourite bit.
First a short overview of the buildings, taken from the Historic England listing.
It’s actually a complex of three mills around a narrow courtyard with a couple of attached engine/boiler houses, some other side-buildings and a free standing chimney at the bottom right corner.
A Tower Mill. This has been renovated and is in use.
B Genappe Mill. The ground floor and part of the first floor are currently in use, the rest is empty.
This is the only mill that most people visit.
C New Mill. There’s only one report on this, by JST from 2010 https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/dalton-mills-keighley-october-2010.54857/
The ground floor is occupied by a car repair/salvage place, the rest is derelict.
There was a fire in early 2011 which destroyed a small section linking B and C on the left, but luckily didn’t spread further.
I didn’t bother with a tripod for this one which was a mistake, since I ended up carting round an old chair to stick the camera on for the gloomy parts.
There are probably too many pictures here, but it’s a big place with plenty to see.
First some externals. Entrance into the courtyard and view of B.
View of C from behind - this one still has it’s industrial grime unless its been sprayed black for a film set.
Starting at the first floor of C and moving upwards.
The height-adjustable cross pieces between the columns are one of the nicest features of these mills.
I’d like to think the line shafts went through the holes.
Lift bay.
Electric lift and a section of older shafting.
Top floor - the old photo (unknown date) was pinched off the internet.
Moving over to B, pictures are ordered upwards.
The basement is only partial, under a lean-to section at one side of the building.
Nothing in it except a film prop, some soggy reels of wool and a safe with decomposing packaging records.
The mill was originally by owned by the Craven family before being sold in 2004.
Some of the ground and first floors are occupied by film sets - mainly for The Limehouse Golem.
Not sure how I feel about taking pictures of these but it made a change from decomposing tat.
Mandatory stop at the little line-shaft powered workshop.
This used to be a well trodden tourist spot, with about 20 reports on here, mostly from 2010/11, the most recent being 2015.
All I knew at the time was that it was your standard empty mill with no machinery except for a little workshop, which is everyone’s favourite bit.
First a short overview of the buildings, taken from the Historic England listing.
It’s actually a complex of three mills around a narrow courtyard with a couple of attached engine/boiler houses, some other side-buildings and a free standing chimney at the bottom right corner.
A Tower Mill. This has been renovated and is in use.
B Genappe Mill. The ground floor and part of the first floor are currently in use, the rest is empty.
This is the only mill that most people visit.
C New Mill. There’s only one report on this, by JST from 2010 https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/dalton-mills-keighley-october-2010.54857/
The ground floor is occupied by a car repair/salvage place, the rest is derelict.
There was a fire in early 2011 which destroyed a small section linking B and C on the left, but luckily didn’t spread further.
I didn’t bother with a tripod for this one which was a mistake, since I ended up carting round an old chair to stick the camera on for the gloomy parts.
There are probably too many pictures here, but it’s a big place with plenty to see.
First some externals. Entrance into the courtyard and view of B.
View of C from behind - this one still has it’s industrial grime unless its been sprayed black for a film set.
Starting at the first floor of C and moving upwards.
The height-adjustable cross pieces between the columns are one of the nicest features of these mills.
I’d like to think the line shafts went through the holes.
Lift bay.
Electric lift and a section of older shafting.
Top floor - the old photo (unknown date) was pinched off the internet.
Moving over to B, pictures are ordered upwards.
The basement is only partial, under a lean-to section at one side of the building.
Nothing in it except a film prop, some soggy reels of wool and a safe with decomposing packaging records.
The mill was originally by owned by the Craven family before being sold in 2004.
Some of the ground and first floors are occupied by film sets - mainly for The Limehouse Golem.
Not sure how I feel about taking pictures of these but it made a change from decomposing tat.
Mandatory stop at the little line-shaft powered workshop.
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