Pecket Well Mill, Hebden Bridge

PART OF:
Through The Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool In Photographs
Made:
1987 in Hebden Bridge
maker:
Ian Beesley
Pecket Well Mill, Hebden Bridge

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Pecket Well Mill, Hebden Bridge' by Ian Beesley. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Located on the Keighley-Hebden Bridge road (opened 1814), this small water-powered mill was built before the Napoleonic Wars to make fustian cloth. A whole village grew up around it.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/98
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 405 mm x 485 mm
type:
photograph and silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford

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