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Queen Street Textile Museum |
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| Queen Street Textile Museum is a unique survivor of the nineteenth century textile industry. Recognised as a national treasure and designated as part of the textile industrial collections of Lancashire County Museum Service Queen Street Textile Museum preserves an age now gone from Europe. This mill was a workers co-operative, which ran commercially from 1895 to 1982 when the mill became a museum. |
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1) PEACE is a 500 horse power tandem compound steam engine constructed by Wm. Roberts Ltd. of Nelson. You can see her in action between 12.45 & 13.30, 14.15 & 15.00 and 15.45 to 16.30.
2) There are two Lancashire boilers both 30 feet long, 8 feet wide and hold 5000 gallons of water each. Watch and help the boilerman stoke the fires of the Lancashire Boiler.
3) Hear the deafening clatter of 308 working looms, although at the height of production there were 1138 looms running. They still weave cloth which is used to make a range of products called Simply Textiles. These items are available at both Queen Street and at Helmshore Mills Textile Museum.
- Address: Queen Street Mill, Harle Syke, Burnley, BB10 2HX.
- Phone: 01282 412555
- Directions: From Burnley, follow signs to Briercliffe or Harle Syke. The Mill is sign posted with brown tourist signs. There is a free car park opposite the Museum. By bus it's the No.12 to Harle Syke and get off at Queen street.
Opening Hours
Tuesday 4 April – Thursday 30 November 2006
April Tuesday-Friday 12.00-17.00
May-September Tuesday-Saturday 12.00-17.00
October Tuesday-Friday 12.00 - 17.00
November Tuesday-Thursday 12.00-16.00
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