Coppull Mill
Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England | |
Owner | Coppull Ring Spinning Co |
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Further ownership |
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Coordinates | 53°37′38″N 2°39′41″W / 53.6271°N 2.6615°W |
Power | |
Date | 1906 |
Engine maker | J & E Wood |
Engine type | triple-expansion four-cylinder engine |
Valve Gear | Corliss valves |
Cylinder diameter and throw | 19 ½"HP, 31"IP, two 34"LP X 5ft |
rpm | 68 rpm |
Installed horse power (ihp) | 1600iHP |
Flywheel diameter | 26ft |
Transmission type | rope |
No. of ropes | 36 |
Boiler configuration | |
Pressure | 200psi |
References | |
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Coppull Mill is a former
Location
Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Chorley, lies around 300 feet (91 m) above sea level and has a population of around 7,600. It is bounded by Whittle Brook, Clancutt Brook, the River Yarrow, Eller Brook, Hic-Bibi Brook and Stars Brook. Coppull is located between Chorley and Wigan, to the east of the A49 road near Charnock Richard. The village was 6 km from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal but was served from 1834 by the North Union Railway.
History
Coppull expanded greatly along with the rest of Lancashire during the
The industry peaked in 1912 when it produced 8 billion yards of cloth. The Great War of 1914–18 halted the supply of raw cotton, and the British government encouraged its colonies to build mills to spin and weave cotton. The war over, Lancashire never regained its markets. The independent mills were struggling. The Bank of England set up the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry.[4] Coppull Mill was one of 104 mills bought by the LCC, and one of the 53 mills that survived through to 1950.
Architecture
A four-storey late mill, with terracotta decoration. It had an elaborately decorated water tower. An extension for carding was to the west, it had a separate boiler house and circular chimney.[5][6]
Power
It was driven by a-1600 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine by J & E Wood built in 1906. Its 26-foot (7.9 m) flywheel operated at 68 rpm and ran 36 ropes. It steamed at 200psi.[7]
Equipment
Ring frames doing coarse
Owners
- Coppull Ring Spinning Co
- Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1941-1964)
- Courtaulds (1964-
See also
- Listed buildings in Coppull
- Textile manufacturing
- Cotton Mill
References
- ^ LCC 1951
- ^ Lancashire Evening Post, 11 July 1941
- ^ Historic England. "COPPULL RING MILL (1362173)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ Dunkerley 2009
- ^ Ashmore 1982, p. 199
- ^ LCC 1951, p. 18
- ^ Roberts 1921
Bibliography
- Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0820-4. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- Dunkerley, Philip (2009). "Dunkerley-Tuson Family Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth". Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
- LCC (1951). The mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited. Blackfriars House, Manchester: Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited.
- Roberts, A S (1921), "Arthur Robert's Engine List", Arthur Roberts Black Book., One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription, archived from the original on 23 July 2011, retrieved 11 January 2009