Lancashire cotton mill hi-res stock photography and images

Women working in a Lancashire cotton-mill Date: 1897 Stock Photo

RMG37RE9–Women working in a Lancashire cotton-mill Date: 1897

Mahatma Gandhi visiting a Lancashire Cotton Mill, England, 1931, . Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Stock Photo

RMKCEMDF–Mahatma Gandhi visiting a Lancashire Cotton Mill, England, 1931, . Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL about 1910 Stock Photo

RMM2HDNM–LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL about 1910

Comic postcard of the interior in a Lancashire cotton mill. with double meaning Stock Photo

RFCEXKAF–Comic postcard of the interior in a Lancashire cotton mill. with double meaning

In a Lancashire cotton mill. 1910 Stock Photo

RF2XE28A6–In a Lancashire cotton mill. 1910

A 19th Century landscape view of Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. Stock Photo

RMGGH5AF–A 19th Century landscape view of Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation.

Oh, what a difference! Postcard showing contrasting scenes in the factory (Lancashire cotton mill workers with their machinery) and out of the factory (a man and woman lying by a river bank, the woman lighting the man's cigarette), posted in 1912 Stock Photo

RM2H69RXT–Oh, what a difference! Postcard showing contrasting scenes in the factory (Lancashire cotton mill workers with their machinery) and out of the factory (a man and woman lying by a river bank, the woman lighting the man's cigarette), posted in 1912

Lancashire cotton mill workers wages in 1793 Stock Photo

RF2BB2FW5–Lancashire cotton mill workers wages in 1793

Men working in a Lancashire cotton-mill. Colourised version of : 10012918 Date: 1897 Stock Photo

RM2JD6754–Men working in a Lancashire cotton-mill. Colourised version of : 10012918 Date: 1897

Original early 1900's comic postcard of Lancashire cotton mill worker on holiday, the postcard urges the worker to make the most of her annual holiday or Wakes Week, before going back to the grim daily grind of the workplace, UK. circa 1910. Stock Photo

RM2AR64GH–Original early 1900's comic postcard of Lancashire cotton mill worker on holiday, the postcard urges the worker to make the most of her annual holiday or Wakes Week, before going back to the grim daily grind of the workplace, UK. circa 1910.

Lancashire cotton mill, 1914 Stock Photo

RMKN58HR–Lancashire cotton mill, 1914

named after a Spanish Queen, grade II listed ex Lancashire cotton mill Ena Mill Atherton Business Centre, Manchester, England, UK. Stock Photo

RMJ2T3DK–named after a Spanish Queen, grade II listed ex Lancashire cotton mill Ena Mill Atherton Business Centre, Manchester, England, UK.

Policemen keep the entrance to a cotton spinning mill in Preston, Lancashire, clear for those willing to work during the textile workers' strike. Behind them are striking textile workers. (undated photo) Stock Photo

RM2DBHT39–Policemen keep the entrance to a cotton spinning mill in Preston, Lancashire, clear for those willing to work during the textile workers' strike. Behind them are striking textile workers. (undated photo)

Gandhi visiting Lancashire Cotton Mill Stock Photo

RMKMHMG4–Gandhi visiting Lancashire Cotton Mill

Typical Lancashire cotton Mill. Painting by C.E.Turner. Stock Photo

RM2Y7F77H–Typical Lancashire cotton Mill. Painting by C.E.Turner.

99 Gandhi visiting Lancashire Cotton Mill Stock Photo

RMPA2BE5–99 Gandhi visiting Lancashire Cotton Mill

Worker at Regent Cotton Mill owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited, in Failsworth, Manchester, Circa 1935. The mill opened in 1906, closing 1958. The Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited was incorporated 23rd January 1929, and became the wor Stock Photo

RMENHH2N–Worker at Regent Cotton Mill owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited, in Failsworth, Manchester, Circa 1935. The mill opened in 1906, closing 1958. The Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited was incorporated 23rd January 1929, and became the wor

Inside a Lancashire (UK) cotton mill in 1914. Stock Photo

RMKDAJ2M–Inside a Lancashire (UK) cotton mill in 1914.

Centenary Mill, an old lancashire cotton mill in Preston, UK. Stock Photo

RMD1EG3R–Centenary Mill, an old lancashire cotton mill in Preston, UK.

A weaver in a Lancashire cotton mill. Date: 1890s Stock Photo

RMG3B369–A weaver in a Lancashire cotton mill. Date: 1890s

Illustration showing women workers inside a steam-powered Lancashire cotton mill. 1844 Stock Photo

RMRJAE7D–Illustration showing women workers inside a steam-powered Lancashire cotton mill. 1844

LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL POOWER LOOM 1835 Stock Photo

RMWB7N9B–LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL POOWER LOOM 1835

Postcard of the interior in a Lancashire cotton mill. Stock Photo

RMCEXKDJ–Postcard of the interior in a Lancashire cotton mill.

Locked gates in front of ruin of old mill at Bamber Bridge,preston,Lancashire,UK Stock Photo

RFE1C3PC–Locked gates in front of ruin of old mill at Bamber Bridge,preston,Lancashire,UK

A late 19th Century view of stormy seas battering the seafront in Blackpool, a seaside resort on the Lancashire Irish Sea coast, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, in North West England. It became fashionable in the middle of the 18th century due to the practice of sea bathing to cure diseases, with the completion of a branch railway line to Blackpool. Tourist growth was intensified by the practice among the Lancashire cotton mill owners of closing the factories for a week every year to service and repair machinery. Stock Photo

RMT96JKJ–A late 19th Century view of stormy seas battering the seafront in Blackpool, a seaside resort on the Lancashire Irish Sea coast, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, in North West England. It became fashionable in the middle of the 18th century due to the practice of sea bathing to cure diseases, with the completion of a branch railway line to Blackpool. Tourist growth was intensified by the practice among the Lancashire cotton mill owners of closing the factories for a week every year to service and repair machinery.

'Lancashire's great industry: Mule spinning': colour tinted photograph published as a postcard by L. Pickles & Co., Bradford, in the early twentieth century. It shows a boy leaning against a mule spinning machine in a Lancashire cotton mill Stock Photo

RM2WXJEWN–'Lancashire's great industry: Mule spinning': colour tinted photograph published as a postcard by L. Pickles & Co., Bradford, in the early twentieth century. It shows a boy leaning against a mule spinning machine in a Lancashire cotton mill

Queensgate Cotton Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s Stock Photo

RF2R14HPX–Queensgate Cotton Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s

Women working in a Lancashire cotton-mill Colourised version of : 10012919 Date: 1897 Stock Photo

RM2JD674N–Women working in a Lancashire cotton-mill Colourised version of : 10012919 Date: 1897

Early 1900's postcard of a man working in a cotton mill at the dressing frame - Lancashire, England, U.K. circa 1909. Stock Photo

RM2A96KX4–Early 1900's postcard of a man working in a cotton mill at the dressing frame - Lancashire, England, U.K. circa 1909.

RMW4FKHE–Lancashire cotton mill, 1914

RMJ2T3DA–named after a Spanish Queen, grade II listed ex Lancashire cotton mill Ena Mill Atherton Business Centre, Manchester, England, UK.

Preston Cotton Festival. July 7th - 12th 1930 Stock Photo

RMKRHKGP–Preston Cotton Festival. July 7th - 12th 1930

RMKEA7B3–Gandhi visiting Lancashire Cotton Mill

Niece of Sir Ellis Griffith weds . Miss Gwen Simon , daughter of the late Mr G H Simon and Mrs Roberts of Mold , and niece of Sir Ellis and Lady Griffith , was married at the Chapel Royal , Savoy , to Mr W B Pilling , the Lancashire Cotton Mill owner . Bride and Bridegroom leaving the church . 2 November 1921 Stock Photo

RM2BWAWJ8–Niece of Sir Ellis Griffith weds . Miss Gwen Simon , daughter of the late Mr G H Simon and Mrs Roberts of Mold , and niece of Sir Ellis and Lady Griffith , was married at the Chapel Royal , Savoy , to Mr W B Pilling , the Lancashire Cotton Mill owner . Bride and Bridegroom leaving the church . 2 November 1921

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), English inventor and industrialist, born at Preston in Lancashire. Inventor in 1769 of the spinning frame (water frame). In 1771, in partnership with Jedediah Strutt, he built the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire. His innovations contributed significantly to the Industrial Revolution and he died one of the richest men in England. Engraving after the portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby. From 'The Gallery of Portraits', Vol V, by Charles Knight (London, 1835). Stock Photo

RMTXH2H9–Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), English inventor and industrialist, born at Preston in Lancashire. Inventor in 1769 of the spinning frame (water frame). In 1771, in partnership with Jedediah Strutt, he built the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire. His innovations contributed significantly to the Industrial Revolution and he died one of the richest men in England. Engraving after the portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby. From 'The Gallery of Portraits', Vol V, by Charles Knight (London, 1835).

Beaming Deartment at Regent Cotton Mill owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited, in Failsworth, Manchester, Circa 1935. The mill opened in 1906, closing 1958. The Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited was incorporated 23rd January 1929, and bec Stock Photo

RMENHHFE–Beaming Deartment at Regent Cotton Mill owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited, in Failsworth, Manchester, Circa 1935. The mill opened in 1906, closing 1958. The Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited was incorporated 23rd January 1929, and bec

Cotton Riots. Ruined Haslingden Mill. Colonel Jackson's house. Lancashire 1878. The Illustrated London News Stock Photo

RFKGX9F3–Cotton Riots. Ruined Haslingden Mill. Colonel Jackson's house. Lancashire 1878. The Illustrated London News

RMD1GAYB–Centenary Mill, an old lancashire cotton mill in Preston, UK.

Bobbin winding in a Lancashire cotton mill. Date: circa 1900 Stock Photo

RMG3B36J–Bobbin winding in a Lancashire cotton mill. Date: circa 1900

The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). Mill operatives at the time of the famine. Stock Photo

RMHHG4JT–The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). Mill operatives at the time of the famine.

LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL with women winding bobbins about 1905 Stock Photo

RMW1DTA1–LANCASHIRE COTTON MILL with women winding bobbins about 1905

Postcard portrait of Lancashire Lass at her loom Stock Photo

RMCEX7G0–Postcard portrait of Lancashire Lass at her loom

Remains of old cotton mill in Bamber Bridge,Preston Stock Photo

RFE1C3PB–Remains of old cotton mill in Bamber Bridge,Preston

Falling Chimney,1 of a series of 13 shots of a brick built chimney stack collapsing after being felled by the bonfire method. Stock Photo

RFEYN1EY–Falling Chimney,1 of a series of 13 shots of a brick built chimney stack collapsing after being felled by the bonfire method.

'Lancashire's great industry: Plaiting machine. Early 20th century postcard showing a boy standing at a plaiting machine in a Lancashire cotton mill Stock Photo

RM2JMGRP3–'Lancashire's great industry: Plaiting machine. Early 20th century postcard showing a boy standing at a plaiting machine in a Lancashire cotton mill

RF2R14HR0–Queensgate Cotton Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s

A Lancashire cotton worker wrapped in shawls and wearing clogs walking along a cobbled street in Oldham. Colourised version of: 10216172 Date: 1910 Stock Photo

RM2JD6H61–A Lancashire cotton worker wrapped in shawls and wearing clogs walking along a cobbled street in Oldham. Colourised version of: 10216172 Date: 1910

Original early 1900's postcard of group of young male cotton mill workers sitting next to loom machines, showing interior interiors of mill one of the lads is holding a 'flying shuttle' suggesting they are weavers, Blackburn, Lancashire, North West England, U.K. circa 1905 Stock Photo

RM2BT6K7P–Original early 1900's postcard of group of young male cotton mill workers sitting next to loom machines, showing interior interiors of mill one of the lads is holding a 'flying shuttle' suggesting they are weavers, Blackburn, Lancashire, North West England, U.K. circa 1905

Imperial Mill an old abandoned cotton mill in Blackburn Lancashire Stock Photo

RME8NT32–Imperial Mill an old abandoned cotton mill in Blackburn Lancashire

Cotton Mills, Miles Platting, Manchester, England in the 19th century. Stock Photo

RMGD606B–Cotton Mills, Miles Platting, Manchester, England in the 19th century.

A British workman instructing an apprentice in a cotton mill c1900.j Stock Photo

RM2X4C5A0–A British workman instructing an apprentice in a cotton mill c1900.j

Preston, Lancashire: Tulketh Cotton Mill is now used as offices and a call centre. Stock Photo

RMEJRNK1–Preston, Lancashire: Tulketh Cotton Mill is now used as offices and a call centre.

OPS ROOM IN THE BATTLE FOR PRODUCTION 18 April 1950 Reminiscent of the wartime Ops Room is this nerve centre of a Salford, Lancashire, cotton mill. This post war ops room is playing a vital part in the battle for production at the modern Vertical mill, where all stages of cotton manufacture, from raw material to the finished product, are carried out under one roof. Vital statistics and information are immediately available from this room. Stock Photo

RM2Y7TBKF–OPS ROOM IN THE BATTLE FOR PRODUCTION 18 April 1950 Reminiscent of the wartime Ops Room is this nerve centre of a Salford, Lancashire, cotton mill. This post war ops room is playing a vital part in the battle for production at the modern Vertical mill, where all stages of cotton manufacture, from raw material to the finished product, are carried out under one roof. Vital statistics and information are immediately available from this room.

Tulketh Mill, Preston, Lancashire, England, Aerial View, old postcard. Stock Photo

RM2AAAFGT–Tulketh Mill, Preston, Lancashire, England, Aerial View, old postcard.

The British Cotton Industry- Everyday Life at a British Cotton Mill, Lancashire, England, UK, 1945 A worker at a Lancashire cotton mill throws armful of raw American cotton into a 'bale-breaker', a machine which 'beats up the cotton and cleans it of sand, stalk, leaves, and other impurities'. Stock Photo

RM2T1KRNB–The British Cotton Industry- Everyday Life at a British Cotton Mill, Lancashire, England, UK, 1945 A worker at a Lancashire cotton mill throws armful of raw American cotton into a 'bale-breaker', a machine which 'beats up the cotton and cleans it of sand, stalk, leaves, and other impurities'.

LANCS Cotton Famine Mill-Hands, work, Preston Moors 1862. Illustrated Times Stock Photo

RFH3H89W–LANCS Cotton Famine Mill-Hands, work, Preston Moors 1862. Illustrated Times

The converted 19th century riverside cotton mill which is the Waterside restaurant at Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire, since destroyed by flood waters.. Stock Photo

RMCXC3R4–The converted 19th century riverside cotton mill which is the Waterside restaurant at Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire, since destroyed by flood waters..

RMA66BJ4–Bobbin Winding

The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). School for out of work mill hands, operating in Stirling's Mill, Manchester. Stock Photo

RMHHG4JP–The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). School for out of work mill hands, operating in Stirling's Mill, Manchester.

SWAINSON BIRLEY COTTON MILL near Preston,Lancashire, about 1840 Stock Photo

RMTAJYDH–SWAINSON BIRLEY COTTON MILL near Preston,Lancashire, about 1840

Postcard of Reaming in a Lancashire cotton mill. Stock Photo

RMCEXKGJ–Postcard of Reaming in a Lancashire cotton mill.

Ruins of old cotton mill in Bamber Bridge,Preston Stock Photo

RFE1C3PA–Ruins of old cotton mill in Bamber Bridge,Preston

RFEYN1F1–Falling Chimney,1 of a series of 13 shots of a brick built chimney stack collapsing after being felled by the bonfire method.

Oh, what a difference! Postcard satirising contrasting home and working life of a mill worker - with his feet up, smoking a pipe and reading at the weekend & amongst the mill machinery come Monday (the taping room of a Lancashire cotton mill is shown), posted in 1910 Stock Photo

RM2H69RXP–Oh, what a difference! Postcard satirising contrasting home and working life of a mill worker - with his feet up, smoking a pipe and reading at the weekend & amongst the mill machinery come Monday (the taping room of a Lancashire cotton mill is shown), posted in 1910

Queensgate Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s Stock Photo

RF2R0X65G–Queensgate Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s

A weaver in a Lancashire cotton mill. Colourised version of : 10095303 Date: 1890s Stock Photo

RM2JD68FC–A weaver in a Lancashire cotton mill. Colourised version of : 10095303 Date: 1890s

Edwardian photograph of group of young girls and boys with older men, possibly overseers,dressed in work clothes - clogs, shawls. These are probably mill workers as a girl has a belt with scissors in them seen in other mill worker photos possibly Lancashire, England, U.K., circa 1910 Stock Photo

RM2AMYE2X–Edwardian photograph of group of young girls and boys with older men, possibly overseers,dressed in work clothes - clogs, shawls. These are probably mill workers as a girl has a belt with scissors in them seen in other mill worker photos possibly Lancashire, England, U.K., circa 1910

Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, Lancashire Stock Photo

RME8NT2F–Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, Lancashire

Tim Knowles owned Canal Mill, Botany Bay Villages shopping centre since 1995 in Chorley lancashire along the M61 motorway Stock Photo

RMEH0PNA–Tim Knowles owned Canal Mill, Botany Bay Villages shopping centre since 1995 in Chorley lancashire along the M61 motorway

Preston Lancashire, England in 1933, Cotton mills and factory workers houses Stock Photo

RMKW5BAN–Preston Lancashire, England in 1933, Cotton mills and factory workers houses

Tulketh Mill in Preston, Lancashire was an Edwardian cotton-spinning mill built in 1905 and is now a Listed Building. Stock Photo

RF2B46HBE–Tulketh Mill in Preston, Lancashire was an Edwardian cotton-spinning mill built in 1905 and is now a Listed Building.

Lancashire can answer . Miss Evelyn Holt , once a poor girl worked in a cotton mill near Manchester , but now the principal star of the German Hegewald Film Company , from whom she receives a salary of £ 600 a week . 20 June 1931 Stock Photo

RM2BTPCWK–Lancashire can answer . Miss Evelyn Holt , once a poor girl worked in a cotton mill near Manchester , but now the principal star of the German Hegewald Film Company , from whom she receives a salary of £ 600 a week . 20 June 1931

Steam engine that once powered a cotton mill in Burnley Lancashire now restored in a heritage museum Stock Photo

RMA09WMH–Steam engine that once powered a cotton mill in Burnley Lancashire now restored in a heritage museum

RM2X2FJWC–THE BRITISH COTTON INDUSTRY: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A BRITISH COTTON MILL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945 - A worker at a Lancashire cotton mill throws armful of raw American cotton into a 'bale-breaker', a machine which 'beats up the cotton and cleans it of sand, stalk, leaves, and other impurities'

Steam engine from a Lancashire cotton mill Stock Photo

RMB8FFXF–Steam engine from a Lancashire cotton mill

Lorne Street cotton mill building, in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, looking over terraced houses in the Moses Gate area. Stock Photo

RMDX5AP6–Lorne Street cotton mill building, in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, looking over terraced houses in the Moses Gate area.

RMANJMC9–Factories Britain

The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). Mill operatives in the Camfield Free Library Stock Photo

RMHHG4JM–The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). Mill operatives in the Camfield Free Library

Crimble cotton mill in heywood Lancashire Stock Photo

RF2E320EP–Crimble cotton mill in heywood Lancashire

RMCEXKEH–Postcard of the interior in a Lancashire cotton mill.

RFE1C3P9–Ruins of old cotton mill in Bamber Bridge,Preston

General view of Stockport, Lancashire, England in the 1830's showing cotton mills. Stock Photo

RMATDK2B–General view of Stockport, Lancashire, England in the 1830's showing cotton mills.

'Lancashire's great industry: Twisting': colour tinted photograph published as a postcard by L. Pickles & Co., Bradford, in the early twentieth century. It shows a man in a cloth cap working in a Lancashire cotton mill on a twisting machine, with huge reels of cotton in the background Stock Photo

RM2WXJEX0–'Lancashire's great industry: Twisting': colour tinted photograph published as a postcard by L. Pickles & Co., Bradford, in the early twentieth century. It shows a man in a cloth cap working in a Lancashire cotton mill on a twisting machine, with huge reels of cotton in the background

RF2R0X64P–Queensgate Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s

Bobbin winding in a Lancashire cotton mill. Colourised version of : 10095331 Date: circa 1900 Stock Photo

RM2JD68E0–Bobbin winding in a Lancashire cotton mill. Colourised version of : 10095331 Date: circa 1900

WW1 era studio portrait of 3 girls, possibly Lancashire cotton mill workers wearing clogs and aprons with hook-like tool and scissors in their specially designed belts, circa 1915,1918, U.K. Stock Photo

RMR4BC24–WW1 era studio portrait of 3 girls, possibly Lancashire cotton mill workers wearing clogs and aprons with hook-like tool and scissors in their specially designed belts, circa 1915,1918, U.K.

Working Class houses rooftops and chimney pots looking towards Accrington town cotton mills. Back to back housing Lancashire UK 1990s 1995 HOMER SYKES Stock Photo

RMA2RM0H–Working Class houses rooftops and chimney pots looking towards Accrington town cotton mills. Back to back housing Lancashire UK 1990s 1995 HOMER SYKES

Tim Knowles owned Canal Mill, Botany Bay Villages shopping centre since 1995 in Chorley lancashire along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Stock Photo

RMEH0R13–Tim Knowles owned Canal Mill, Botany Bay Villages shopping centre since 1995 in Chorley lancashire along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal

A 1913 illustration showing the various processes in the production of cotton in a British mill of the time - Mixing, Carding,Mule Spinning, Drawing and Finishing departments Stock Photo

RMT2WY39–A 1913 illustration showing the various processes in the production of cotton in a British mill of the time - Mixing, Carding,Mule Spinning, Drawing and Finishing departments

Imperial Mill, Blackburn on the Leeds & Liverpool canal Stock Photo

RME8NT35–Imperial Mill, Blackburn on the Leeds & Liverpool canal

Pilot Mill, former cotton mill, Bury, Lancashire, UK Stock Photo

RMB6990D–Pilot Mill, former cotton mill, Bury, Lancashire, UK

RMA09X4K–Steam engine that once powered a cotton mill in Burnley Lancashire now restored in a heritage museum

Old cotton mill with timber tower and darkened sandstone walls, Barrowford, Colne, Lancashire Stock Photo

RFHNF3F1–Old cotton mill with timber tower and darkened sandstone walls, Barrowford, Colne, Lancashire

Lancashire, UK. 11th May, 2017. Bluebells in full bloom at Brock Bottom, Claughton, Lancashire. Brock Bottom once housed a cotton spinning mill with around twenty cottages for the workers but is now a nature reserve. Credit: John Eveson/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMJ49C9J–Lancashire, UK. 11th May, 2017. Bluebells in full bloom at Brock Bottom, Claughton, Lancashire. Brock Bottom once housed a cotton spinning mill with around twenty cottages for the workers but is now a nature reserve. Credit: John Eveson/Alamy Live News