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Oldknow's factory	Enlarged extract of map of Marple bridge and Mellor showing site of "Oldknow's factory"	Unknown	oldknow mellor mill map	View
Past and present Goyt course	Map illustrating past and present Goyt course at Mellor Mill (as altered by Oldknow)	Unknown	mellor mill map oldknow Goyt	View
Plan of Mellor Mill 1909	Plan of Mellor Mill extracted from Ordnance Survey annotated with features, 1909	Unknown	ordnance survey mellor mill plan	View
Washer	Washer . Part of engine hold-down mechanism. Matching spanner and nut itemised elsewhere in archive.	Unknown	engine find mellor mill washer	View
Steam engine part	Steam engine part. Found in engine house	Unknown	steam engine part find mellor mill	View
Small clog heel	Small clog heel. Found in rear mill staircase	Unknown	find mellor mill small clog wheel	View
Large clog heel	Large clog heel strengthened with iron nails. Found in rear mill staircase	Unknown	find mellor mill large clog heel	View
Ceramic bearings for spinning spindle	Three ceramic bearings for spinning spindle , Found in drive shaft corridor	Unknown	spindle ceramic bearings mellor mill find	View
Volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Photograph of volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Unknown	waterloo wheel pit mellor mill volunteer photograph	View
Plough shear	Plough shear. Found on cobbled frontage of mill.	Unknown	find mellor mill plough shear	View
Pulley wheel	Pulley wheel. Possibly from secondary drive shaft, or another machine. Found in rear staircase of mill.	Unknown	find mellor mill pulley wheel	View
Leather boot	leather brogue boot. Found in rear staircase of mill	Unknown	find mellor mill boot	View
Casual labour at Mellor Mill	Brief notes on background to nature of casual labour in mills in late 18th century with specific numbers given for Mellor Mill.	Unknown	wages lists casual labour document mellor mill	View
Large roller from spinning machine	Large roller from spinning machine. From drive shaft.	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine roller	View
Small roller from spinning machine	Small roller from spinning machine. Part of drive shaft.	Unknown	mellor mill spinning machine roller find	View
Small section of steam engine	Small section of steam engine. Found in engine house.	Unknown	find mellor mill engine house steam engine	View
Section of fire bar	Section of fire bar from steam boiler grate. Found in boiler house coal store.	Unknown	boiler house find mellor mill fire bar	View
Pocket watch	Pocket watch found in north spiral staircase at Mellor Mill	Unknown	mellor mill find pocket watch	View
Chartist disturbances involving workers	Extract from Stockport Advertiser re Chartist disturbances involving local mill workers in 1842	Unknown	chartists Stockport Advertiser workers mellor mill	View
Oyster shell	Oyster shell excavated from Mellor Mill. It was found in the Waterloo drive shaft tunnel. At the time of Samuel Oldknow, oysters and other shellfis...	Unknown	food mellor mill finds	View
Mellor coal	Found in boiler house of Mellor Mill. This coal was used to power steam engines.	Unknown	mellor mill coal find	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Mill (3 parts)_0001	Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Mill (3 parts)_0001, showing situation in relation to Bottoms Mill Road and Lakes Road	Unknown	squeaky dixon bottoms mill road lakes road mellor mill drawing	View
Horseshoe	Horseshoe found on the cobbled frontage of Mellor Mill. Approximately 12cm long and 13cm wide.	Unknown	find horseshoe mellor mill	View
Flexible labour at Mellor Mill	Brief notes on flexible nature of workforce in late 1790s, detailing Oldknow's ability to provide outdoor work for his employees during quiet spel...	Unknown	garden mellor lodge document flexible labour mellor mill	View
Counterbalance weight	Counterbalance weight found in corridor in Mellor Mill. Weight with part of chain attached. Approximately 17cm long and approximately 4cm wide. C...	Unknown	find mellor mill counterbalance weight	View
Spanner with matching nut and washer	Large spanner with nut and washer in matching sizes for a bolt to secure an engine. Found in Mellor Mill. Length of spanner approximately 90cm an...	Unknown	find washer nut spanner mellor mill	View
Collection of Rivets	Collection of 10 boiler rivets found in the boiler house in Mellor Mill. Some more preserved than others. 3 with obvious domed heads and one still...	Unknown	mellor mill boilerhouse rivets	View
Mellor Mill Stone	Ornamental stone from Mellor Mill set into wall of Chapel House Farm on Brickbridge Road. Stone shows initials SO and the remains of a date ending ...	Unknown	photo samuel oldknow chapel house farm mellor mill ornamental stone	View
Square Key	Square key found in the boiler house at Mellor Mill. Roughly 22cm long and 5cm wide.	Unknown	boilerhouse find square key mellor mill	View
Emails between Robert Williams and Bob Humphrey-Taylor ( 3 pages)	Emails exchanged between Robert Williams, whose doctoral work included studies of Oldknow's business management and accounting practices) and Bob H...	15 Jul 2015	memories bob humphrey-taylor phd Robert Williams document mellor mill accounting practices	View