Shudehill Mill information

Shudehill Mill
	Location in Greater Manchester
Cotton
Alternative names	Simpson's Mill, Old Mill
Arkwright mill
Structural system	wooden floored
Location	Manchester, England
Owner	Arkwright, Whittenbury, Brocklebank, Simpson and Simpson
Further ownership	1786 (Simpson and Simpson);
Coordinates	53°29′14″N 2°14′12″W / 53.4872°N 2.2366°W
Construction
Renovated	1:1854 (After fire);
Demolished	1940
Floor count	5
Floor area	60.9m X 9.1m
Power
Engine maker	Hunt
Engine type	Atmospheric steam engines
Cylinder diameter and throw	7 ft 9 in (64 in bore)
Water Power
Diameter / width of water wheel	9.1 m / 2.4 m
Date	1782
References
	Williams & Farnie 1992, pp. 50, 51

Shudehill Mill or Simpson's Mill was a very early cotton mill in Manchester city centre, England. It was built in 1782 by for Richard Arkwright and his partners and destroyed by fire in 1854. It was rebuilt and finally destroyed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940. One of Arkwright's larger mills, it was built three years before his patent lapsed. The mill had a 30 feet diameter water wheel and a Newcomen atmospheric engine was installed. Doubts remain as to why the engine was installed, whether it was a failed attempt to power a mill directly by steam or was modified to assist the wheel. It is possible that this engine, constructed by Hunt,^[1] could have been one of the 13 engines installed in Manchester mills by Joshua Wrigley.^[2] Water from the upper storage pond turned the water wheel to drive the mill. The steam engine recycled water from the lower storage pond to the upper storage pond.^[3] Three more Boulton and Watt engines were installed to power the increasing number of spindles.

^ Wessex 2004, p. 7
^ Williams & Farnie 1992, pp. 50, 51
^ Hills 1989, p. 43

[1] Wessex 2004, p. 7

[2] Williams & Farnie 1992, pp. 50, 51

[3] Hills 1989, p. 43

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