Texas Mill

Texas Mill was built between 1905 and 1907 for the Ashton Syndicate to the designs of Sydney Stott of Oldham, the seventh and last mill constructed by the syndicate. The mill was 30 bays long and four storeys high containing 76,896 spindles (1908). It was built over a basement from engineering brick and had Stott’s typical “Hotel-de-Ville” style cap to the water tower. The large windows were in groups of three, and there was yellow brick decoration. The six bay engine house, boiler house and chimney, with Stott’s trademark double rings, were to the north. The 1907 steam engine was supplied by George Saxon & Co, of Openshaw. It was built as a triple-expansion at 1200 hp. but was altered in 1921 to become a 1500 hp vertical three-cylinder compound engine. The mill was totally destroyed in a massive fire on 22–23 October 1971. Previously it had been re-equipped as a ring mill for spinning artificial fibres.

Reference    Manchester Evening News - Saturday 05 August 1905 page 4 – company registered
Reference    Stalybridge Reporter - Saturday 14 October 1905 page 6 – plans approved
Reference    The Engineer 12 December 1906