The River Calder from the bridge across it in Padiham Town Centre. River Calder powered 20 cotton weaving Mills in now remain in this use
In the 19th century, Padiham's industry was based on coal-mining and Cotton weaving. The first mill was built in 1807. By 1906 there were twenty cotton mills It was in this town that cotton thread was woven into fabric and distributed all over the world. These were the boom years. The town declined as these industries also are no mills left in the town and no coal mines
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Location: Padiham, Lancashire, England
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
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