Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Croal Spinning Co

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of Croal Mill, Blackshaw Lane, Deane, Bolton.

1909 'Bolton's New Spinning Mill. The engines of the Croal Mill, Bolton, were named on Saturday afternoon. .... It is expected that the next few months will see the mill fully equipped. Altogether the mill holds 103,000 spindles. Mr. Thom (Messrs. Yates and Thom) gave a detailed account of the engines, which are of 1,300 h.p. ...'[1]

1955 Acquired by the Barber Textile Corporation.

1967 Mill closed by Barber Textile.[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Cotton Factory Times - Friday 4 June 1909
  2. The Times, August 1, 1967