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Cheesden Lumb Mill Ruins and Waterfall

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Cheesden Lumb Mill Ruins and Waterfall

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Cheesden Lumb Mill Ruins and Waterfall

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    1. Cheesden Valley Walk Start – Buckhurst Lodgeside loop from Jericho

    6.07km

    01:41

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    2. View of Manchester City Centre – Washwheel Mill Chimney loop from Jericho

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    03:55

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    3. Buckhurst Lodgeside – Cheesden Valley Walk Start loop from Walmersley

    8.54km

    02:20

    130m

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 21, 2022

    Built in 1786, it was run by John Kay initially as a fulling mill. This is the procedure where woollen cloth is mechanically beaten by large wooden mallets, driven by a water wheel. This enables the wool fibres to become locked together, while at the same time driving out excess hair and fat from the fabric.

    By 1809, we know that the mill was being used to perform a whole range of textile procedures. An advert in the Manchester Mercury has the mill placed up for auction and details its contents. These include a carding engine (used to prepare a woollen fleece for spinning), a ‘billy’ (an improved form of a Spinning Jenny), a ‘teaser’ (a circular drum covered with heads from the spiky teasel flower to improve the texture of the cloth by raising its nap) and a blueing house (where the cloth was hung and sulphur dioxide fumes from a brimstone stove would bleach it).

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