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| Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Colton | ||
| Stott Park Bobbin Mill | ||
| locality:- | Low Stott Park | |
| civil parish:- | Colton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bobbin mill | |
| locality type:- | mill | |
| locality type:- | workplace | |
| locality type:- | museum | |
| coordinates:- | SD37228821 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3788 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
| SummaryText:- | Bobbin mill, built 1835. | |
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 BLZ45.jpg (taken 28.4.2006)  BLZ43.jpg Belt driven machinery. (taken 28.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 11) placename:- Stott Park Mill |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Stott Park Mill (Bobbin)" |
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 CAJ39.jpg Wood. (taken 15.4.2014)  BTH30.jpg Wood. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH34.jpg Wood. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH35.jpg Wood samples; ash, alder, birch, hazel, sycamore. (taken 5.8.2010) |
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 BTH40.jpg Horizontal steam engine (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH41.jpg Line shafting. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ41.jpg Line shafting. (taken 15.4.2014)  BTH37.jpg Blocking machine; cuts bobbin blanks out of a slice of wood. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ36.jpg Blocking machine. (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ37.jpg Blocking machine. (taken 15.4.2014)  BTH36.jpg Blocking saws. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH38.jpg Circular saw; to cut length off a billet of wood. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH39.jpg Tally, a cut for every dozen done. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH42.jpg Bobbin lathe. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH45.jpg Boring machine; automatic, all the operator does is lift off a drilled blank, and position another. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH46.jpg Cams on boring machine. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH44.jpg Bobbins. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ38.jpg Swill bakets. (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ42.jpg Turning shop. (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ44.jpg Turning shop. (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ50.jpg Waste, from one lathe. This is used as fuel for the steam engine's boiler, it is also used by the operators to keep themselves warm, by standing thigh deep in it. The workshop doors was kept open to blow away dust, a serious fire hazard. (taken 15.4.2014)  BLZ44.jpg Lathe. (taken 28.4.2006)  BTH47.jpg Cotton reel lathe; the tool head holds a several tools, set to cut the bobbin's shape in one go. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ49.jpg Cotton reel lathe. (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ43.jpg Cotton reel lathe. (taken 15.4.2014)  BTH48.jpg Lathe (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ45.jpg (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ55.jpg (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ46.jpg Saw, made by:- "W A FELL MAKER / BRIDGE IRON WORKS WINDERMERE" (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ47.jpg "W A FELL / MAKER" (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ48.jpg "BRIDGE IRON WORKS / WINDERMERE" (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ40.jpg (taken 15.4.2014)  BTH50.jpg Finishing department. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH51.jpg Finishing; load half full with bobbins, and a few nobs of candle wax, it is rotated by power, and the bobbin get warm, the wax melts and coats them nicely. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH52.jpg Shellac knotting. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH53.jpg Finishing. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ51.jpg Polishing. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAJ54.jpg Bobbins. (taken 5.8.2010)  CAX97.jpg Bobbins in the drying room.. (taken 8.6.2014)  CAJ52.jpg Sack scales. (taken 5.8.2010)  BLZ40.jpg (taken 28.4.2006) |
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 BTH55.jpg Pattern for water wheel rim. (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH56.jpg Pattern for water wheel hub. (taken 5.8.2010) |
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 BLZ42.jpg Charcoal burning kiln. (taken 28.4.2006)  BTH31.jpg Swill basket (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH32.jpg Gunpowder barrel (taken 5.8.2010)  BTH33.jpg Hurdle (taken 5.8.2010) |
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 CAJ53.jpg Map of bobbin mills. (taken 15.4.2014) courtesy of Stott Park Bobbin Mill |
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 CAJ57.jpg Crane by the sawmill. (taken 15.4.2014)  CAJ56.jpg Saw bench. (taken 15.4.2014) |
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| hearsay:- |
Built by John Harrison, 1835. |
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| person:- | : English Heritage |
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