Rock Nook Mill, Littleborough - June 2015

[degenerate]

Rock Nook was constructed in 1886 for Fothergill and Harvey, a company that produced technical textiles, as the company grew and expanded. Originally, fabrics were woven from natural fibres such as cotton and the company produced the first khaki drill for servicemen's uniforms. By 1945, as a research unit had been established, the company was diversifying away from cotton and into glass and other synthetic fabrics. Fothergill and Harvey were amongst the first weavers to produce fabrics from new aramid fibres and during 1972 took advantage of the technology available from the Royal Aircraft Establishment to weave carbon fibre. The Fothergill and Harvey Group were acquired by Courtaulds in 1987 and using the technology of Courtaulds commenced production of knitted fabrics. Once Fothergill and Harvey left the mill was taken over by Tygaflor Ltd who manufacture high performance, fluoropolymer coated fabrics but have since bought by Saint-Gobain and moved to Rochdale.

Sadly a couple of weeks after visiting the place was set on fire http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/more-40-firefighters-tackle-major-9477904

 

[hamtagger]

Shame to hear it got torched but good that you got a cool set of pics before it did. Thanks for postin'

 

[skeleton key]

Its always sad to hear when places suffer mindless arson attacks

There are truly some morons out there that need to be thrown in jail for a very long time.

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[Urbexbandoned]

What a shame, nice that you got to see it. Some crackin shots mate!!

 

[Lara]

Liking the look of this, cracking shots, shame about the fire though

 

[degenerate]

Its always sad to hear when places suffer mindless arson attacksThere are truly some morons out there that need to be thrown in jail for a very long time.

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i totally agree with you there, i'm sure some people haven't fully evolved yet