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Abandoned COMPSTALL MILL, Stockport, Victorian Complex Dating Back to the 1820s

#abandoned #urbex #explore #urbanactivity #urbanadventure #abandonedexplore #lostplace #forgotten #lostplaces #urbanexploration 📍 ABANDONED COMPSTALL MILLS 📖 HISTORY Compstall mills are a large complex of former cotton spinning mills located just east of Stockport. In 1817, George Andrew purchased 600 acres of land in Compstall to build the spinning mill and houses. In 1819 he built a bridge over the river Etherow and commenced building his mill and a village to house his 600 workers. By 1820 his first factory building was completed as his workforce expanded. George Andrew and his sons built a village and houses which by 1834 housed its population of 1,700. In 1838 the reserviors were constructed. And by its peak, there were some 2,000 workers at the mill. Between 1824 and 1830, the mill made use of hand looms, later driven by two water wheels, Old Josh and the North Wheel. The giant Lily Wheel, located on the western side of Scotland Mill, replaced the smaller wheels in 1838. At the time, this wheel was the largest of its kind in the country, being 17ft wide and 50ft in diameter. In 1886 a new steam turbine was installed which made power to the water wheel redundant and after 25 years of standing idle the Lily Wheel was demolished. The mill estate also housed a gas works to supply the village with gas lighting, it was one of the first villages to have gas lighting in the country. The mill’s chimney was located at the south eastern end of the main mill buildings and stood 41m high. It was eventually demolished in February 1982. Compstall mill finally closed its doors as a spinning mill in 1966 and since then it has been divided into many different commercial units and many parts of the original mill have sadly been demolished. The mill was sold a number of years ago and now lies derelict, the state of the building has been declining within the last few years and rumor has it that the owner wants to completely demolish it. The main remaining buildings are: ▫️Victoria mill ▫️ Albert mill ▫️Weaving sheds ▫️Scotland mill ENJOY THE VIDEO!!! THANKS FOR WATCHING!!! 👀 If you like the content on this channel, you can subscribe (it's free) and activate the notifications bell, as we upload content every week 😉 You can also follow us on our other social media 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 ◽️ FACEBOOK   / 1dgpmnn7lj   ◽️ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/urbex_meg?i... ◽️ TIK TOK https://www.tiktok.com/@urbex.meg?_r=... SEE YOU NEXT VIDEO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! 🙏😊