CWS Star Mills, Oldham
A electricity- and steam-powered corn mill in the historic county of Lancashire, England.
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The mill was built by the Oldham Equitable Society in 1868, and run as a federal mill. A fire in 1889/90 destroyed much of the mill, but new buildings were erected. The mill started as a stone mill, and was upgraded to roller machinery shortly before the fire of 1889/90.
The Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) took the mill over in March 1906, and transferred their business from Rochdale Flour Mill to the Star Mill the following year.
Messrs. Thomas Robinson & Son installed machinery into the newly built 1890 mill. This gave the mill a capacity of 32 sacks, of 280 lbs, per hour.
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| Power source | Electricity, Steam |
| Mill type | Roller flour mill |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 13257 |
| Location | Oldham |
| Historic county | Lancashire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SD 930 045 |
| Latitude/longitude | 53.53709190, -2.10684801 |
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References
- John F. Wilson, Anthony Webster, Rachael Vorberg-Rugh, Building Co-operation: A Business History of The Co-operative Group, 1863-2013 (2013)
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Lancashire XCVII.10 (1894)
- The Co-Operative Wholesale Societies Limited Annual 1915, (Manchester, 1915)
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