Minerva Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne

Minerva Mill
Cotton
Minerva Mill (1895)
Location within Greater Manchester
Spinning (mule mill) and doubling
Serving canal	Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Serving railway	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Owner	Minerva Spinning Company Ltd.
Coordinates	53°28′56″N 2°05′18″W / 53.4823°N 2.0882°W / 53.4823; -2.0882Coordinates: 53°28′56″N 2°05′18″W / 53.4823°N 2.0882°W / 53.4823; -2.0882
Construction
Built	1891
Completed	Feb 1892
Demolished	1937
Floor count	4
Other dimensions	283ft X
Main contractor	E. J. Smethurst Oldham
Power
Date	1892
Engine maker	Daniel Adamsons
Engine type	Twin triple expansion
rpm	55
Boiler configuration
Pressure	11.249 bar
Equipment
Manufacturer	John Hetherington and Sons,
Mule Frames	86,868 spindles(1892) 93,828 spindles(1903) Medium counts +22,000 doubling spindles (1920)
References
Haynes 1987, p. 48

Minerva Mill was a cotton spinning mill in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. It was built between 1891 and 1892 for the Minerva Spinning Company which was later known as the Ashton Syndicate. Minerva Mill was next to the later Texas mill, at Whitelands. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1920s and was demolished in 1937.

Location

Minerva mill was built in a bend in the River Tame, close to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, at Whitelands. It was at the end of Minerva Road.

History

The Minerva Spinning Company Limited was registered in 1891 to build the Minerva Mill at Whitelands. The directors were Messrs Barlow, Marland, Coop, Newton, Pollitt and Pownall; they were later referred to as the Ashton syndicate. The syndicate went on to build the Rock Mill, Atlas Mill, Curzon Mill, Tudor Mill, Cedar Mill and finally the adjoining Texas Mill. The Minerva Spinning Company went out of business in the 1920s.^[1]

Architecture

Plan of the card room.

It was designed by Sydney Stott. Four storeys over a basement.

Power

The steam engine was a 1500 hp twin triple expansion engine by Daniel Adamsons, of Openshaw built in 1906. The cylinders were christened Capital and Labour. It had an 18 ft flywheel that operated at 75 rpm. The flywheel drove 40 ropes that transmitted the power to each floor. The cylinders all had Corliss valves. They had a 48in throw, the High pressure was 22 ½" in diameter, the intermediate was 34 in and the low pressure was 56in. The air pump was driven from the low pressure crosshead, there was a Saxon governor on the high pressure end of the bed.^[2]

Equipment

The mule frames were provided by John Hetherington and Sons Ltd. On startup here were 86,868 mule spindles spinning medium counts from American cotton, that was 40's twists and 65 wefts. By 1903, this had increased to 93828, and by 1920, 22,000 doubling spindles had been added.^[3] In order to run these spindles in the spinning rooms, the cotton had to be prepared using openers, scutchers, carding engines.

Equipment in Minerva Mill
Number	Machines	Ratio
2	Vertical Openers and scutchers	1 : 43,434
4	Intermediate Scutchers	1 :21,717
93	Carding Engines	1 :934
63	finishing deliveries of drawing	1 :1,380
792	Slubbing spindles	1 :109.7
1716	Intermediate spindles	1 :50.6
6680	Roving spindles	1 :13
86,868	Mule spindles	1 :1

^[4]

Usage

Minerva Mill was used for spinning fine counts of Egyptian cotton, both twists and weft.

Owners

The Ashton syndicate

References

Notes

Bibliography

Haynes, Ian (1987). Cotton in Ashton. Libraries and Arts Committee, Tameside Metropolitan Borough. ISBN 0-904506-14-2.
Nasmith, Joseph (1895). Recent Cotton Mill Construction and Engineering. London: John Heywood. ISBN 1-4021-4558-6. Retrieved March 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
Roberts, A S (1921). "Arthur Robert's Engine List". Arthur Roberts Black Book. One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
Williams, Mike; Farnie (1992). Cotton Mills of Greater Manchester. Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 0-948789-89-1.

External links

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