Coppull Mill

Coppull Mill
	The mill before 1951
	Location in Chorley
Cotton
Spinning (ring mill)
Location	Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Owner	Coppull Ring Spinning Co
Further ownership	Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1941); Courtaulds (1964);
Coordinates	53°37′38″N 2°39′41″W / 53.6271°N 2.6615°W
Power
Date	1906
Engine maker	J & E Wood
Engine type	triple-expansion four-cylinder engine
Valve Gear	Corliss valves
Cylinder diameter and throw	19 ½"HP, 31"IP, two 34"LP X 5ft
rpm	68 rpm
Installed horse power (ihp)	1600iHP
Flywheel diameter	26ft
Transmission type	rope
No. of ropes	36
Boiler configuration
Pressure	200psi
References

Coppull Mill is a former cotton spinning mill in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire. It was opened in 1906 by the Coppull Ring Spinning Co, followed by its sister mill, Mavis Mill in 1908. Together they employed 700 workers. The mill was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1941^[2] and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. The building is a Grade II listed building and is now used as an enterprise centre.^[3] This was a ring mill. It was driven by a 1600 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine by J & E Wood built in 1906. Its 26-foot (7.9 m) flywheel operated at 68 rpm and ran 36 ropes.

Location

Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Chorley, lies around 300 feet (91 m) above sea level and has a population of around 7,600. It is bounded by Whittle Brook, Clancutt Brook, the River Yarrow, Eller Brook, Hic-Bibi Brook and Stars Brook. Coppull is located between Chorley and Wigan, to the east of the A49 road near Charnock Richard. The village was 6 km from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal but was served from 1834 by the North Union Railway.

History

Coppull expanded greatly along with the rest of Lancashire during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. As well as the Cotton industry the town is situated on the Lancashire Coalfield. There were several major collieries located in the town during this era with notable collieries being Chisnall Hall and Ellerbeck. Coppull Mill was built in 1906, with elaborate decoration. It was a ring mill, and was used to spin 10's to 24's counts for general manufacture.

The industry peaked in 1912 when it produced 8 billion yards of cloth. The Great War of 1914–18 halted the supply of raw cotton, and the British government encouraged its colonies to build mills to spin and weave cotton. The war over, Lancashire never regained its markets. The independent mills were struggling. The Bank of England set up the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry.^[4] Coppull Mill was one of 104 mills bought by the LCC, and one of the 53 mills that survived through to 1950.

Architecture

A four-storey late mill, with terracotta decoration. It had an elaborately decorated water tower. An extension for carding was to the west, it had a separate boiler house and circular chimney.^[5]^[6]

Power

It was driven by a-1600 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine by J & E Wood built in 1906. Its 26-foot (7.9 m) flywheel operated at 68 rpm and ran 36 ropes. It steamed at 200psi.^[7]

Equipment

Ring frames doing coarse counts.

Owners

Coppull Ring Spinning Co
Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1941-1964)
Courtaulds (1964-

References

^ LCC 1951
^ Lancashire Evening Post, 11 July 1941
^ Historic England. "COPPULL RING MILL (1362173)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Dunkerley 2009
^ Ashmore 1982, p. 199
^ LCC 1951, p. 18
^ Roberts 1921

Bibliography

Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-0820-4. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
Dunkerley, Philip (2009). "Dunkerley-Tuson Family Website, The Regent Cotton Mill, Failsworth". Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
LCC (1951). The mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited. Blackfriars House, Manchester: Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited.
Roberts, A S (1921), "Arthur Robert's Engine List", Arthur Roberts Black Book., One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription, archived from the original on 23 July 2011, retrieved 11 January 2009

External links

[1] LCC 1951

[2] Lancashire Evening Post, 11 July 1941

[3] Historic England. "COPPULL RING MILL (1362173)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[4] Dunkerley 2009

[5] Ashmore 1982, p. 199

[6] LCC 1951, p. 18

[R1921-7] Roberts 1921

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