Key Words :- textile mill

Address :- New Street, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5BB
Grid Ref :- SE 0840 1425
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.62472 , Long -1.87447
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1906 -

Description and History of Site:-
Currently occupied and in use by Spectrum Yarns since 1986. Supplying yarns for weaving, machine knitting, hand knitting & upholstery.

Giles and Goodall wrote: "Established as steam-powered woollen spinning mill in 1860s, single-storeyed weaving sheds added by 1887. Acquired in 1902 by Slaithwaite Spinning Company which had built three cotton-spinning mills in vicinity, and which in 1906-7 built large five-storeyed fireproof cotton-spinning mill on site, modelled on contemporary Lancashire designs. Low card room along one side; five-storeyed service block at one corner. Existing sheds enlarged and largely rebuilt for winding cotton. Associated buildings: Spa Mill Terrace, 1880."

Further Reading and References:-
Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 Colum Giles and Ian H Goodall 1992 London HMSO.

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