JOHN RYLANDS
Bolton Mills
[Fig. 33]
Bolton Mills, 1890.
John Rylands acquired Mather Street and Fletcher Street Mills at Bolton in 1874[1] for £49,277[2]. Despite the fact, that John Rylands preferred to buy second – hand warehouses[3], production of fancy cloths turned out to be deficient. The building was built in 1830 therefore was equipped with 600 old Jacquard looms[4]. Due to the Mills making losses, the firm decided to sell them in 1890, however the mills were sold in 1902[5].
[Map 10]
Mather Street and Fletcher Street Mills, Bolton (1905).
[1]Ibid., p. 40.
[2]Ibid., p. 92.
[3]Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993), p. 16.
[4]Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993), p. 41.
[5]Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993), p. 40.