Jul
21
A national trust property, Styal, Chesire. First class and well worth a visit. Give yourself plenty of time. It is a working cotton mill powered by a huge water wheel. The volunteers who operate the machinery are more than happy to talk to people who show a genuine interest. You can go down into the wheel pit and view the water wheel and associated gearing. It also has some working steam engines that were installed in the mill. Like other NT properties it has interactive models which explain how things work. Part of the tour includes the apprentice house where the young mill workers, (children) lived. Sorry, no photo’s, not permitted.
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