Newspaper Cuttings relating to Cataract Mill fires 1930 & 1970
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Title
Newspaper Cuttings relating to Cataract Mill fires 1930 & 1970
Description
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to Cataract Mill.
1930 : 'Mellor Mill fire' with a photograph of firemen working on the shell of the warehouse at Cataract Mill which had been gutted earlier
1867 : Report on the inability of the culvert under the road at Cataract Bridge to cope with the water which spread across the mill yard in a lake about 100 yards long and 12 feet deep
1970 : 'Mill fire cuts water pressure' The mill sprinkler system was found to have operated and saved the mill from the smoke developing into a disastrous fire.
1930 : 'Mellor Mill fire' with a photograph of firemen working on the shell of the warehouse at Cataract Mill which had been gutted earlier
1867 : Report on the inability of the culvert under the road at Cataract Bridge to cope with the water which spread across the mill yard in a lake about 100 yards long and 12 feet deep
1970 : 'Mill fire cuts water pressure' The mill sprinkler system was found to have operated and saved the mill from the smoke developing into a disastrous fire.
Date
Reviewed AB 02/2024
Identifier
MRS/06/04
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Louiset
Files
Citation
“Newspaper Cuttings relating to Cataract Mill fires 1930 & 1970,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://mlhs.org.uk/archives/items/show/2498.