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Bancroft Mill Engine Museum
Heritage Open Day: See and experience the power and might of Lancashire's largest surviving cotton mill steam engine, still being steamed in its original surroundings at the original speed. An awesome sight indeed.
Get up close to this powerful machine and see its intricate mechanism in full motion.
One of only a few remaining steam mill engines of the many thousands built, when the cotton industry was at its peak, and used to power over 1250 weaving looms, now sadly scrapped.
Steam is r
Sat 9 Sep:1100-1600; Steaming 1300-1600. Sun 10 Sep:1100-1600; Steaming 1300-1600. Free Entry.
Bancroft Mill, Gillians Lane, Barnoldswick, Lancashire BB18 5QR
Sat 9 Sep 2017 and Sun 10 Sep 2017
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