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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)  
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BLZ43.jpg  Belt driven machinery.
(taken 28.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 11) 
placename:-  Stott Park Mill
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)  
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BTH30.jpg  Wood.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH34.jpg  Wood.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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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)  
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BTH41.jpg  Line shafting.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ41.jpg  Line shafting.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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BTH37.jpg  Blocking machine; cuts bobbin blanks out of a slice of wood.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ36.jpg  Blocking machine.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ37.jpg  Blocking machine.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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BTH36.jpg  Blocking saws.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH38.jpg  Circular saw; to cut length off a billet of wood.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH39.jpg  Tally, a cut for every dozen done.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH42.jpg  Bobbin lathe.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH45.jpg  Boring machine; automatic, all the operator does is lift off a drilled blank, and position another.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH46.jpg  Cams on boring machine.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH44.jpg  Bobbins.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ38.jpg  Swill bakets.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ42.jpg  Turning shop.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ44.jpg  Turning shop.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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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)  
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BLZ44.jpg  Lathe.
(taken 28.4.2006)  
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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)  
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CAJ49.jpg  Cotton reel lathe.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ43.jpg  Cotton reel lathe.
(taken 15.4.2014)  
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BTH48.jpg  Lathe
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ45.jpg (taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ55.jpg (taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ46.jpg  Saw, made by:-
"W A FELL MAKER / BRIDGE IRON WORKS WINDERMERE" (taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ47.jpg "W A FELL / MAKER" (taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ48.jpg "BRIDGE IRON WORKS / WINDERMERE" (taken 15.4.2014)  
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CAJ40.jpg (taken 15.4.2014)  
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BTH50.jpg  Finishing department.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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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)  
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BTH52.jpg  Shellac knotting.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH53.jpg  Finishing.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ51.jpg  Polishing.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAJ54.jpg  Bobbins.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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CAX97.jpg  Bobbins in the drying room..
(taken 8.6.2014)  
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CAJ52.jpg  Sack scales.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BLZ40.jpg (taken 28.4.2006)  


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BTH55.jpg  Pattern for water wheel rim.
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH56.jpg  Pattern for water wheel hub.
(taken 5.8.2010)  

MN photo:-  
Coppice crafts:-

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BLZ42.jpg  Charcoal burning kiln.
(taken 28.4.2006)  
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BTH31.jpg  Swill basket
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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BTH32.jpg  Gunpowder barrel
(taken 5.8.2010)  
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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)  
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CAJ56.jpg  Saw bench.
(taken 15.4.2014)  

hearsay:-  
Built by John Harrison, 1835.

person:-    : English Heritage

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