Hartford Mill, Oldham 2013

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Judderman62

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The Visit
Yes folks very late to the party with this one, but at long Last I got my
backside down to this very knackered mill. Nothing left but a shell of a
building, but I like my mills and there's some nice pillar shots to be had.

We were also lucky with some nice sunshine which made for some nice
light and shade shots.

Visited with Zero81

The History
Well much to my surprise this mill is actually Grade II listed.

Built 1907 by the Hartford Mill (Oldham)Co Ltd. Extended 1920 and
1924. Closed 1959 and used by Littlewoods as a mail order warehouse
until 1992. Architect was F W Dixon, there were 120,000 spindles
and power was provided by a very impressive 1500 hp Urmson & Thompson engine.

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Hmmm not my best ever pics :( and in camera HDR I think gets the thumbs down







 
funny ya say that I hit 51 this sunday :( :( :(

lets hope this one isn't set alight in the next fortnight else I could start to wonder !!!
 
funny ya say that I hit 51 this sunday :( :( :(

lets hope this one isn't set alight in the next fortnight else I could start to wonder !!!

this sunday ! only seems like the other day peeps "virtually" toasted your 50th

Have a good one young man.

- as for fires not a good feeling - esp when your DNA is hanging on a fence.
 
Nice set of shots there mate, although, the 5th shot down, I belive is HDR, but for some reason seems very 'soft', but the others seem to have come out rather nice for an in-camera jobbie :)
 
Nice set of shots there mate, although, the 5th shot down, I belive is HDR, but for some reason seems very 'soft', but the others seem to have come out rather nice for an in-camera jobbie :)

cheers matey - they needed a bit of work - many looked a bit anaemic n washed out - maybe I just need to play a little more and bracket more.
 

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