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Title	Description	Date	Tags
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
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
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
Section of lime plaster cornicing	Section of lime plaster cornice from Mellor Lodge.	Unknown	mellor lodge find cornice	View
Green and blue lily pattern glazed tile	Green and blue lily patterned tile. Minton. Found in Mellor Lodge.	Unknown	mellor lodge minton find ceramic tile	View
Broken tile with cream and brown pattern	Broken ceramic tile with cream and brown pattern. Found in Mellor Lodge.	Unknown	mellor lodge find ceramic tile	View
Pocket watch	Pocket watch found in north spiral staircase at Mellor Mill	Unknown	mellor mill find pocket watch	View
Pinch neck bottle	Pinch neck bottle with marble. Found in Mellor Lodge. Probable date 1800s. Marble mechanism helped to preserve carbonation of bottle contents.	From 31 Dec 1799 to 1 Jan 1810	find mellor lodge bottle	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
Bone billiard ball	Bone billiard ball. Found in Mellor Lodge.	From 31 Dec 1859 to 1 Jan 1861	find mellor lodge billiard ball	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
Door handle	Ceramic door handle found in Mellor Lodge	Unknown	mellor lodge find door handle	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
Bolt	Bolt. Part of engine hold-down mechanism.	Unknown	bolt find mellor meill	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