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Description: Masson Mills built in 1783 is home to a working textile mills. The mill possess a pair of condenser spinning mules. These have 741 spindles being cut down from 133 feet (41 m) 1122 spindles they used to have up until the 24th Sept 1974, when they were retired from Elk Mill, Royton. The mule was built by Platt Bros, of Oldham in 1927 for Elk, the last spinning mill built.
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Author: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent.
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