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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
Small section of steam engine	Small section of steam engine. Found in engine house.	Unknown	find mellor mill engine house steam engine	View
Pocket watch	Pocket watch found in north spiral staircase at Mellor Mill	Unknown	mellor mill find pocket watch	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
Text of speech by John Hearle given at the opening ceremony for the Wellington Wheel Pit	Text of speech by John Hearle given at the opening ceremony for the Wellington Wheel Pit on Saturday March 10th, 2012.	10 Mar 2012	John Hearle wellington wheel pit mellor mill	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
Grassing machine burner	Grassing machine burner. Used to burn off whister ( fine fibres) from thread. Found in north spiral staircase. From 1860 onwards.	After 1 Jan 1860	find mellor mill grassing machine burner	View
Distorted grassing machine burner	Grassing machine burner, possibly distorted in fire. Used to burn off whister ( fine fibres) from thread. Found in north spiral staircase. From 186...	After 1 Jan 1860	find mellor mill grassing machine burner	View
Cog	Ring spinner	Unknown	find mellor mill cog ring spinner	View
Three fliers from spinning machines	Three fliers of different sizes from spinning machines. Found in mechanical workshop.	Unknown	find mellor mill fliers	View
Glass thread guides	Two glass thread guides - for spun thread to roll over. Glass could withstand heat of machine. One thread guide has been distorted by the heat of t...	Unknown	fire find mellor mill glass thread guide	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
Mellor coal	Found in boiler house of Mellor Mill. This coal was used to power steam engines.	Unknown	mellor mill coal find	View
Helical gear wheel split into two	Helical gear wheel from spinning machine. Split into two parts.	Unknown	spinning machine find mellor mill helical gear wheel	View
Washer	Washer . Part of engine hold-down mechanism. Matching spanner and nut itemised elsewhere in archive.	Unknown	engine find mellor mill washer	View
Cog from spinning machine (top down view)	Cog from spinning machine - top down view	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine cog	View
Cog from spinning machine	Cog from spinning machine, slightly angled. Probably from later in history	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine cog	View
Ring spinner cog - top down view	Ring spinner cog. From later in history	Unknown	find mellor mill ring spinner cog	View
Ring spinner cog	Ring spinner cog	Unknown	find mellor mill ring spinner cog	View
Steam engine part	Steam engine part. Found in engine house	Unknown	steam engine part find mellor mill	View
Fire bar section	Fire bar section from steam boiler grate. Found in boiler house coal store	Unknown	find boiler house mellor mill fire bar	View
Horseshoe	Horseshoe found on the cobbled frontage of Mellor Mill. Approximately 12cm long and 13cm wide.	Unknown	find horseshoe 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
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
Drill bit	Drill bit with morse taper from the drive shaft at Mellor Mill. Would have worked roughly 1 inch into steel. Approximately 21cm long and 2.5cm wide.	Unknown	mellor mill morse taper drill bit drive shaft find	View
Section of Spinning Machine Bed	Machine bed from Samuel Brooks spinning machine. Found in corridor at the back of Mellor Mill. Top left hand section remaining. Letters in rel...	Unknown	find mellor mill spinning machine samuel brooks machine bed	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