STOTT & SONS - ARCHITECTS OF THE LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL
Written by Roger N. Holden
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.
in 1998
ISBN: 1859360475
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY
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Front cover
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 A historiography of the cotton mills
- 1.2 Sources
- 2. The Lancashire cotton industry & its buildings, 1850 - 1930
- 2.1 1850
- 2.2 Specialisation of the industry
- 2.3 The rise of the limited companies
- 2.4 Developments in weaving
- 2.5 1920 and after
- 3. A family business
- 3.1 Family history
- 3.2 Creation and early years of the business - to 1860
- 3.3 A reputation established - 1860 - 1880
- 3.4 A firm of immense reputation - 1880 to 1900
- 3.5 A case of arson - 1887
- 3.6 The Edwardian years - 1900 to 1914
- 3.7 Decline - 1914 to 1931
- 3.8 J. Chadwick & Co. Ltd
- 3.9 Family and other rivals
- 4. Structural engineering
- 4.1 The single brick arch system
- 4.2 The double brick arch system - 1871 patent
- 4.3 The quadruple brick arch system - 1885 patent
- 4.4 The triple brick arch system
- 4.5 Reinforced concrete
- 4.6. Floor covering, roofing and walling
- 4.7 Were they fire-proof?
- 4.8 Weaving sheds
- 5. Cotton mill design
- 5.1 Power plant
- 5.2 Spinning machinery
- 5.3 Layout
- 5.4 Style
- 6. Mill builders - the private companies
- 7. Mill builders - the public companies
- 7.1 The Victorian companies
- 7.2 The Edwardian boom
- 7.3 Capital and cost
- 7.4 The weaving companies
- 7.5 Too many and of the wrong type?
- 8. The process of mill building
- 9. The wider practice
- 9.1 Other textile industries
- 9.2 Other industrial buildings
- 9.3 Community buildings
- 9.4 Housing
- 10. Discussion
- Family tree
- Patents
- Gazetteer
- Statistics
- Bibliography
- Index