tarboat's photos with the keyword: ramsbottom

There has been a paper mill on this site in Ramsbottom since James and Samuel Broadbent Ingham built one here in the 1850s. This is its last form as it was already recently closed when I took this photo in 2009 and the majority of the site has since been cleared.

Holme Mill at Ramsbottom was built in 1912 and owned by The Holme Mill Manufacturing Co. Ltd. It was used for weaving cotton. The company was in liquidation in 1924 and must have had other owners until it became used for carpet manufacture by Cormar Carpets in 1956. It remains in use by Cormar to this day.

D9016 Gordon Highlander arrives at Ramsbottom during the recent East Lancashire Railway Deltic event.

This quarry above Ramsbottom was certainly active in 1876. Today it produces 500-600,000 tonnes of stone each year. To the left is a concrete products works which utilises much of the quarry output and employs around 150 people producing a range of items such as kerbstones and flags.

Black Five 45231 heads an afternoon train out of Ramsbottom on the East Lancs Railway. It was only 2.30 but already the sun was dropping behind the hill.

A shot from when I was messing about with the zoom whilst up on the hill above Ramsbottom a couple of weeks ago. I just like the rooftops and chimneypots.