Thorngate Mill from River Tees footbridge
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Description
"Thorngate Mill was built around 1840 for Messrs J H S Pratt as a cloth weaving mill. It housed six looms producing fine worsted cloth. On the east bank of the River Tees the building elevation comprises a basement and 4 storeys with an 11-window range. Inside, the wooden floors were supported by iron columns. By the late 1980s the building was being used as a book retailer's warehouse but stood empty after the mid 1990s. It was converted into riverside apartments in 2005. Keys to the Past: http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=D772 The mill is a Grade II Listed Building (List Entry Number: 1201696): https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1201696 Between 1919 and 1921, Thorngate Mill was the home of the short-lived Black Prince Motor Company which manufactured the Black Prince cycle-car. This was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured after the First World War to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and motor-car. The longest journey recorded by the Black Prince was between Barnard Castle and Carlisle, a distance of some 60 miles, while others failed to negotiate the short journey up The Bank into the town. http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2016/03/the-black-prince/" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2019. -
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What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6323032
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 1 year, 9 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2019-06-27 -
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