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A pair of large former cotton spinning mills now used by Home Delivery Network. A more recent looking office block is seen in the foreground. One chimney has been severely truncated and the other and one of the engine houses have been demolished. There was sleet in the air making for horrible photographs.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.1km<br/>I think there can be no doubt that this office building belongs to Bee Hive Mills!
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>The lefthand tower is No. 1 Mill of 1895. The balustrade off to the right carries the date 1902 and states that it is Bee Hive No. 2. The bricked archway probably marks the original entrance to the mills.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>Two large cotton spinning mills. No. 1 on the right was built in 1895 and retains its engine house while No. 2 on the left was built in 1902 and retains a severely truncated chimney with a modern stack up its centre. Now used as a distribution centre. In their day these were the largest spinning mills in the world.
©Chris Allen
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©Anthony Parkes
Dist:0.3km<br/>No. 2 is closest and No. 1 is beyond. They were claimed to be the largest mills in the world in their day. Now used by Home Delivery Network.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.3km<br/>This building was once Great Lever Branch Library.
©Margaret Clough
Dist:0.4km<br/>Formerly the site of Bolton Wanderers
©Mr M Evison
Dist:0.4km<br/>This chimney was built by the late Fred Dibnah on the house where he once lived with his parents.
©Mr M Evison
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©David Dixon
Dist:0.6km<br/>The A666, Manchester Road, passing through Burnden
©David Dixon
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©David Dixon
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©David Dixon
Dist:0.7km<br/>The Orlando Road bridge, seen from Manchester Road
©David Dixon
Dist:0.7km<br/>The railway, heading south, out of Bolton. Viewed from the Rose Hill footbridge.
©David Dixon

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