Silk Spinning, Lister's Mill, Manningham

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Silk Spinning, Lister's Mill, Manningham' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.

Lister’s Mill was built in 1873 by Samuel Cunliffe Lister. At its peak it was one of the largest mills in the world employing 11,000 people. Production declined during the 1980s and the mill eventually closed in 1999.