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Atarah · 03-09-2004, 16:00

Just to add a little bit more history:

The cog wheel is part of the Ashton Frost engine which used to be in Primrose Mill Church. It was built in 1884, a cross-compound horizontal steam engine capable of driving 400 Lancashire looms through gears and line shaftings.It was quite something. A chappie from the Northern Mill Engine Society spoke to the History society last year mentioned it. When the mill closed, the History society and the Civic Society fought for it to be saved, but it was left to rot away in some of the grounds of Haworth Park. The rest of it can be seen by the gate into the park at the back of the coach house, there is a pile there of the other parts. Maybe the cog wheel was the only part that was still worth preserving.

03-09-2004, 16:00	#16
Atarah Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: ACCRINGTON Posts: 2,358 Liked: 95 times Rep Power: 11529	Ashton Frost engine Just to add a little bit more history: The cog wheel is part of the Ashton Frost engine which used to be in Primrose Mill Church. It was built in 1884, a cross-compound horizontal steam engine capable of driving 400 Lancashire looms through gears and line shaftings.It was quite something. A chappie from the Northern Mill Engine Society spoke to the History society last year mentioned it. When the mill closed, the History society and the Civic Society fought for it to be saved, but it was left to rot away in some of the grounds of Haworth Park. The rest of it can be seen by the gate into the park at the back of the coach house, there is a pile there of the other parts. Maybe the cog wheel was the only part that was still worth preserving.