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Which Board? => Photo Essays => Topic started by: Kayos on August 23, 2015, 07:08:30 PM

Title: Low Mill, Keighley in West Yorkshire
Post by: Kayos on August 23, 2015, 07:08:30 PM

This is the oldest cotton mill in Yorkshire, only a small part of it "survives" today.

I particularly like the old sluice gate, very nice bit of engineering in its day

Full write up with history and all the pictures:

https://kayosphotography.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/low-mill-keighley/ (https://kayosphotography.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/low-mill-keighley/)

All shot with a Canon EOS3, 28-135 with a Soviet Tair orange filter on Tri-X pushed to 800, dev'd in Hc-110. Some use flash and I have done minimal in post, mostly cropping and resizing

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/565/20627623598_cff60324cd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xqMXQJ)Low Mill Building-1 (https://flic.kr/p/xqMXQJ) by Stuart Burrows (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayospics/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/598/20192992954_becf46b751_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wLonhW)Low Mill Building-7 (https://flic.kr/p/wLonhW) by Stuart Burrows (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayospics/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/571/20627618448_325e6fb6d7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xqMWiW)Low Mill Building-3 (https://flic.kr/p/xqMWiW) by Stuart Burrows (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayospics/), on Flickr

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5764/20789312556_08c39813bd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xF5Eko)Low Mill Sluice-3 (https://flic.kr/p/xF5Eko) by Stuart Burrows (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayospics/), on Flickr


(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5759/20822647341_250b4d6cc3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xJ2vB4)Low Mill Sluice-5 (https://flic.kr/p/xJ2vB4) by Stuart Burrows (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayospics/), on Flickr

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5634/20806136102_f0179dd2db_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xGyTow)Low Mill Sluice-9 (https://flic.kr/p/xGyTow) by Stuart Burrows (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayospics/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Low Mill, Keighley in West Yorkshire
Post by: Bryan on August 24, 2015, 04:39:12 PM

Great set Kayos, I love exploring places like that but we don't have any structures anywhere near that old where I live.  They really need to preserve places like that.  Your blog linked above is definitely worth the look.

Title: Re: Low Mill, Keighley in West Yorkshire
Post by: Kayos on August 24, 2015, 10:39:55 PM

Many thanks Bryan.

Sadly a lot of these buildings are disappearing at an alarming rate, If I can get a few on film before they go forever I will feel like i've done a bit

Title: Re: Low Mill, Keighley in West Yorkshire
Post by: Late Developer on August 27, 2015, 03:52:39 PM

Really nice set, Kayos.

A cotton mill in Yorkshire? Must have been a bit of a rarity in its day as most of the cotton production was on the other side of the Pennines.  West Yorkshire was mostly wool, worsted and wool carpets. 

I used to love going round the old mills in the days when they were still viable operations and the company I worked for used to provide insurance on the buildings and occupiers.  Fascinating places - quite edgy as well as injuries to employees was an ever-present hazard with the size and scale of the machinery.

I must do a bit of urban dereliction shooting soon....

Title: Re: Low Mill, Keighley in West Yorkshire
Post by: Kayos on August 28, 2015, 04:40:23 PM

Yes it really was a cotton mill, apparently the workers went to Derbyshire to be trained on the machines. Was converted to worsted around 1840

I do like a bit of urban decay, but I don't tend to venture inside when i'm alone tho.

If you are not averse to a bit of non film content this was a good place to shoot

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjHLejiC