Torr Vale Mill
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Torr Vale Mill is a Grade II* listed former cotton mill located in New Mills, Derbyshire, England. It is sited on a small rocky island at the bottom of the Torrs gorge in a bend of the River Goyt.
The mill was built in the 1790s for water-powered cotton spinning and weaving, and rebuilt to use a combination of water and steam power in the 1860s. It was still in use producing towelling products until December 2000, the longest continuous period of cotton production in the UK. Since 1998 there have been various plans by the new owner, Chemquick Ltd., to renovate and develop the mill, none of which has come to anything. The Torr Vale Mill Preservation Trust in May 2001 and The Princes Regeneration Trust has also been seeking a solution.
In 2000 Torr Vale Mill was depicted on Royal Mail postage stamps to commemorate the the Millennium Walkway in the Torrs Gorge. From this walkway, on the opposite side of the Gorge, dramatic views of the Mill may be had.
In 2001 a fire destroyed one of the buildings of the mill. The mill remains in a lamentable state and, though now better secured, is at risk of further fire and vandalism. The Mill is on the English Heritage 'Buildings at Risk Register' of Listed Buildings at risk through disuse and disrepair.
