Magic Lantern Slide: Weir Mill, Mossley
This image is part of lecture set on the topic of Samuel Crompton and the cotton industry. The slides originally belonged to John Crabtree, who was HM Inspector of Factories. This image shows the Corn Mill in Whaley Bridge, near Ashton-under-Lyne.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/279
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Weir Mill, Mossley
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '77' on corner label; handwritten 'Weir Mill, Mossley (178[...]' on mount
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- John H.
- Production Person Surname
- Crabtree
- Production Year Low
- 1863
- Production Year High
- 1924
