The Greenfield Valley, Flintshire, Part 1 - Lower Cotton Mill.
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- The Greenfield Valley in North Wales was a hotbed of action during the Industrial revolution. Please join me In this first part as I explore the remains of the 18th century Lower cotton mill and reveal the rise and fall of this once thriving industry normally associated with Manchester and Lancashire.
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As others have said this was our playground. Most of the buildings of the cotton mill were excavated starting in the 80s. What now is a wall with a 30-foot drop was just rubble overgrown. A lot of the brickwork was made safe as you see bricked up windows and repointing etc.
This was my play ground when i was a kid. Recently used for modelling photoshoot. I was born in 1953...
I can see why. Great play area for kids and probably still is.
I used to live just up the road a bit and this used to be part of my play but never knew the full history and I have to thank you for doing this series as it's very interesting for me to find out about our local history-thanks for sharing!
@@whiskymacable Hi Vic, thank you for watching. Greenfield is a fascinating place.
Hey! That was a superb piece of exploration in what was obviously a wonderful building. Thank goodness they saved some of the structure. So many alterations and adaptions over its lifetime, it was difficult to understand exactly what was going on. You were probably correct in thinking the water came down the Mill Race, as it would then be heading the right way to rejoin the river. Those old maps you have from somewhere in Scotland are a real asset. (Sorry, I can't remember what the company was called). Great video. One of you best.
Such beautiful industrial remains, wow!! Loving this series, it's super interesting to learn and explore with you. Thanks for sharing, such steep history, new fan of the channel!
Glad you enjoy my films and a huge thankyou for the subscription.
The steps at the beginning were built by myself, and a team of men in the early 1980's there was no bridge there, and the culvert that takes the water to the building we dug partly out. We had a caravan in the cotton mill building for our breaks, and we started work on clearing out the small smithy, as it was covered in foliage. The mill was built of brick, and was supposed to have been built quickly, 6 stories in ten weeks, I believe, and the mill produced cotton at the rate of five miles a week. Good times, and good people.
Thanks David. The whole industrial heritage of Greenfield suffers from a lack of decent available information. Trying to unravel all of the different uses and purposes and phases of building is a hard task, but hugely enjoyable. I know I miss but think I covered most of it.
The renovation building is a steam museum inside. It's open in the summer months but you need to check the times
Nice video, love these old places and machinery! 👍🏻
Thak you Frank, glad you enjoyed it.
So many stories to tell at these places. Ironic that Quarry bank mill would be a similar source of stories if it had not been preserved. 👍
Ironically it's probable that Quarry Bank and it's sister mills were directly the reason for putting the Welsh mills out of business.
You missed the two sluces the one below the end of the pier and the one you had on film. If you look the pipe on the embankment is still there
Fantastic work very informative vlog my friend. About 15yrs ago the building which had been restored and you say possible offices, in that building they had a steam engine not sure if it was original to the site . The engine was being run and powering a vintage bottling machine it was very fascinating to watch. As you probably saw the building is very secure im not sure if the engine is still there its a shame its not on show or ran. I live local to the area and have visited it regularly your research and knowledge points a lot out, keep up the good work my friend.
Thank you so much for your comments. They're appreciated. The whole heritage valley is brilliant.
@@PASTFINDERexploring it certainly is 👌.
you say that a water course may run under the cotton mill, could this be to keep the humidity high in the mill ?, which is needed to spin cotton, thats why they chose manchester and other towns in the pennines and to build their mills. enjoyed this series thank you..
Thanks Bryan. I think the river is culveted under the mill purely for convenience. As is the case for the copper battery works a bit further up the valley.
They got their cotton from USA. There were also white Brits to came to the USA as slaves. Forced to serve in the Union during the Civil War. NICE THEY PRESERVED THIS SITE.