Mike Davies-Shiel Collection

Cotton Mill Flax Mill on Elijah Salthouse's ground. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.

Cotton Mill Flax Mill on Elijah Salthouse's ground. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Detail of Shears in the Spade Forge. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Detail of Shears in the Spade Forge Detail of Shears in the Spade Forge

Detail of Shears in the Spade Forge. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Forges. Lower Forges. Flax Mill. 1st Upper Forge Shaft Mill. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.

Forges. Lower Forges. Flax Mill. 1st Upper Forge Shaft Mill. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Shaft Mill and Dam. Catslide roof. pan 1.[ Sketch indicates waterwheel on gable end, pond in foreground ]. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Shaft Mill and Dam. Catslide roof, pan1 Shaft Mill and Dam. Catslide roof, pan1

Shaft Mill and Dam. Catslide roof. pan 1.[ Sketch indicates waterwheel on gable end, pond in foreground ]. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Shaft Mill and dam, pan 2. Flax cotton mill. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.

Shaft Mill and dam, pan 2. Flax cotton mill. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge water wheel and bypass. Looks more like flume to the textile mill wheelpit. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge water wheel and bypass Spade Forge water wheel and bypass

Spade Forge water wheel and bypass. Looks more like flume to the textile mill wheelpit. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge water wheel. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge water wheel Spade Forge water wheel

Spade Forge water wheel. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge water wheel overshot. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge water wheel overshot Spade Forge water wheel overshot

Spade Forge water wheel overshot. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge, note water wheel in foreground. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge, water wheel in foreground Spade Forge, water wheel in foreground

Spade Forge, note water wheel in foreground. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge. Shears house [left foreground]. What is on the tip heap pre 1930. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge. Shears house pre 1930 Spade Forge. Shears house pre 1930

Spade Forge. Shears house [left foreground]. What is on the tip heap pre 1930. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge Spade Forge

Spade Forge. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Workmen at Spade Forge. 6 men and manager, 4 Apprentices. N.B. shovel blade top right. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Workmen at Spade Forge Workmen at Spade Forge

Workmen at Spade Forge. 6 men and manager, 4 Apprentices. N.B. shovel blade top right. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
(From back left) spades, Large 1940 Cleator Bell Mouth, small ditto 1860, No. 7 Shovel c.1865, Double Tom Peat Spade; (bottom) Bridgefoot Fireman's Shovel, B'barrow Pig ASV, Dalston Hedge Slasher, Bridgefoot Smalt Shovel. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spades Spades

(From back left) spades, Large 1940 Cleator Bell Mouth, small ditto 1860, No. 7 Shovel c.1865, Double Tom Peat Spade; (bottom) Bridgefoot Fireman's Shovel, B'barrow Pig ASV, Dalston Hedge Slasher, Bridgefoot Smalt Shovel. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge map. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Spade Forge map Spade Forge map

Spade Forge map. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.
1812 Report on Rosside Forge Area, Ulverston. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.

1812 Report on Rosside Forge Area, Ulverston. © Mike Davies-Shiel Collection. Permission from Cumbria Industrial History Society.