in Warrington
1850 Advert: 'TO COTTON SPINNERS
COTTON MILL, WARRINGTON — TO BE SOLD LET. All that Substantially-built COTTON MILL or FACTORY called the Wharf Meadow Mill, in Warrington, Lancashire, with Steam Engine, Boilers, Machinery, Implements, and Fixtures. There are about 4,000 throstle spindles, and nine pair Sharp and Co.'s self-acting mules, 712 spindles in each pair, with suitable preparation for the whole. The premises are in good working condition and immediate possession may be had. There is sufficient land for building weaving sheds, or any other extension which may be desired.— For further particulars, apply to Mr. Stansfield, on the premises .....' [1]
1883 'GREAT FIRE AT WARRINGTON
EXCITING SCENE.
Our special correspondent telegraphs : The Castle India-rubber Works and Wharf, Meadow Mills, Warrington, situate on the banks of the Mersey, were totally destroyed by fire this morning, with the exception of one room. A few minutes after the discovery of the fire Inspector Berry and a large body of the borough police were on the spot, and some time after the Corporation Fire Brigade arrived. All the efforts to extinguish the flames, however, proved abortive, and the light combustible nature of the material used in the manufacture raised a magnificent body of flame, which lighted up the whole town. Fortunately the efforts to preserve intact the naphtha-room proved successful, as if that had caught fire the adjoining chemical works of Messrs. Roberts, Dale and Co. would inevitably have been destroyed. The damage done amounts to several thousand pounds, and nearly 100 people are thrown out of employment.'[2]