page_title: Trencherfield Mill
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Trencherfield Mill / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Trencherfield Mill: Wigan. This view of Pottery Bridge and the mill was taken from the pier.
context_page_description: Trencherfield Mill is a cotton spinning mill standing next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1907. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. The mill was driven by a 2,500 hp triple-expansion four-cylinder engine built by J & E Wood of Bolton in 1907. The two halves of the engine were called Rina and Helen. They drove a 26-foot flywheel with 54 ropes at 68 rpm. The engine was stopped in 1968.
  The mill is now part of the Wigan Pier redevelopment area and is used for other purposes.
context_section_description: Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas which was canalised in the 1740s; 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Preston, 16.5 miles (26.6 km) west-northwest of Manchester, and 17.4 miles (28 km) east-northeast of Liverpool. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. Wigan is served by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the London and North Western Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Trencherfield Mill stands by Wigan Pier, a wharf on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which was made famous by the writer George Orwell in his book, The Road to Wigan Pier. Orwell highlighted the poor working and living conditions of the local inhabitants during the 1930s.
caption: Trencherfield Mill, modified and now part residential
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