Hartford Mill

Built in 1907 to the design of F.W.Dixon, this is one of the few mills in Oldham to have listed building status, being a Grade II listed building. The mill was extended during its operational years between 1920 and 1924. It closed in 1959. In later years it was used as a mail order warehouse by Littlewoods until 1992. 

Sadly, the building has been left to decay for many a year now and there is almost nothing left other than an empty shell. There are still some good shows of some of the late Victorian architecture, although these are few and far between.

Engine room with the rope race. pretty much the dampest place in the mill.

Elevator shaft

view from the top of the rope race in the old engine room.

Elevator shaft, higher up

The roof has long collapsed in parts.

I can only presume this was a staircase of some sorts

The elevator controls on the roof.

Huge crack down the side of the chimney 

Even Vern enjoyed a look around.

Not a great deal more to say about the place. It has clearly been striped of anything of value over the years. Its apparent that there have been plenty of people mooching around there, we bumped into a guy in there who was just there on the phone, and a group of children was going in as we was leaving. The building is in too much of a state, that it will probably never get fixed up and will be left as a scar and a reminder of a once booming cotton industry.