<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masson_Mills" class="extiw" title="w:Masson Mills">Masson Mills</a> built in 1783 is home to a working textile mills. The mill possess a pair of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spinning_mule" class="extiw" title="w:spinning mule">condenser spinning mules</a>. These have 741 spindles being cut down from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Concert&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Concert (page does not exist)">Template:Concert</a>  1122 spindles they used to have up until the 24th Sept 1974, when they were retired from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mills_in_Oldham" class="extiw" title="w:List of mills in Oldham">Elk Mill, Royton</a>. The mule was built by Platt Bros, of Oldham in 1927 for Elk, the last spinning mill built.
Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent.
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