Steam Engine at Queen Street Mill & Textile Museum, Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire.

Queen Street Textile Mill was built in 1894 as a Calico mill, run as a co-operative.
Coal fired boilers supply steam to a 500 horsepower horizontal engine, which in turn drives 308 looms via belts and shafting.
Originally the mill contained over a 1000 looms.
This mill only stopped working commercially in 1982 and is now the largest and most complete steam driven mill left. It is a survivor of hundreds which were once in use in Lancashire and Yorkshire, which employed thousands of people until the mid 1960's.
The noise, dust and general working conditions must have been terrible with all the looms working at once.
This mill is a small sized example most were much larger having several thousand looms and much bigger engines. My film footage at the Trencherfield Mill, shows how big these could be.
An excellent museum and well worth a visit!

[@JungleYT]

I Love how the Brits are preserving and bringing back to life their industrial heritage, including once junked steam locomotives, etc.

[@SD-xx8xb]

I visited Queen Street Mill as part of a tour group last year (2022). I'd never even heard of the place before. It's just fascinating.. We had an excellent guide to show us around and it sticks in my mind as the highlight of the holiday. I plan to visit again this year without the time pressures of a tour group. Excellent stuff.

[@SirFloofy001]

My favorite part of these old steam engines is how perfectly the crank shaft bearing oiler spins.

[@RedWolf777SG]

Imagine back in the day you had hundreds of men and women working hard in operating these machines on daily basis. It must been quite the site to behold.

[@tosh4461]

I can just imagine what it would of sounded like in full power production with every machine being run.

[@n__neen]

deafness, that's what it sounds like

[@tracimay1931]

Wow! That engine is massive and all those drive belts are amazing

[@tlachixketl6665]

Hello!simply beautiful, I am an industrial archaeologist and simply beautiful, I really love the textile factories of the nineteenth century. Many thanks for the video.

[@paddymalley8077]

I remember this mill well as I used to be taken in by my aunts before their shift started as the machines ran up to speed ... the noise remains with me today

[@mathuetax]

Astounding this exists and actually is functional.

[@steamgent4592]

Awesome place. Shame we don't have jobs like these anymore. Many were employed. I sure would have enjoyed a boiler room job and working on the steam engines. It should be preserved as a permanent museum. It's probably the last original mill left in the world. I remember this place in a Fred Dibnah show as well.

[@michaelsirotti1198]

Not sure I'd call it a shame. Those machines were dangerous, and they worked really long hours.

[@steamgent4592]

@@michaelsirotti1198 yeah but it was good work something there is very little of now and it was good money. Maybe not in the middle 1800's but wages climbed. Now there's nothing..........

[@andygin]

Great video. Thanks for posting, it sent shivers up my spine. I love the noise of mills, it reminds me of my childhood, I loved the sound then. Fabulous.

[@ichabodon]

My, my, the number of looms in that room. Amazing

[@chanyphilly8266]

My grandmother and other relatives worked for years in a local (now long closed and abandoned) linen mill, and I often wondered what it must have sounded like inside; this gives me a true idea as to what industrial work was like, thank you!

[@luisgalvan8809]

😍😍😍😍😣😥😣😥😣😥

[@luisgalvan8809]

Melancolía

[@asifalijan190]

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[@asifalijan190]

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[@abpccpba]

Wonderful view of our passed technology. If you ever go back to visit Give the curator a big thank you for Me.

[@alanturner9725]

This Mill must be saved, with Helmshore.

[@wesleycook7687]

We had these also in the 1800s..The Burlington mill I worked at still had the water tanks and a stream ran under the mill. It started out as the Gloria plant . Have no idea how they stopped individually. Didnt see any dropwires to stop the loom when a thread broke.

[@ikonix360]

There might have been a lever on the loom itself.

[@brendakean2480]

It is the very last Cotton Mill in the World powered by a steam engine but in September it is probably going to close down to save money for Lancashire County Council and once the boilers stop working it will take millions of pounds to get them started up again. The children of the future will have no understanding of how much the weavers of Lancashire contributed to the life and culture of Great Britain. To see it operating gives some idea of the mighty industry that spawned our Industrial Revolution. It is a disgrace that closure seems inevitable. I despair that it will be gone forever in 3 months

[@michaelschofield9086]

The Mill is currently open until the end of September 2016, Tuesday to Saturday 12 - 5 and bank holidays.The boiler, steam engine and looms run everyday that we are open.

[@paulbroderick8438]

The industrial accidents must have been horrendous back then.

[@MichaelSayer-sf7gu]

Imagine how great it would be to work there back in the day. 😂

[@GrumpyL5]

When the camera moved to the room full of textile looms - jaw drops.

[@RailPreserver2K]

Get this turned into a museum because I say screw the bloody council this is a historical gem because as far as I know this mill may be the only one of its type that still has most if not all its original equipment

[@woodhonky3890]

Mind properly boggled.

[@deepakgajjar6458]

Well maintained 👍

[@willyck948]

Truly incredible piece of equipment! I feel bad for the maintenance guy he mast have dreams about it. Belts, bearing, and gears, OH MY!😉

[@wesleycook7687]

Someone suggested that the loom was stopped by the belt thrown onto an idler pulley. What caused it to stop when the weft broke or a warp thread ? Maybe a generator that also produced electric current also ? Or maybe the answer is that the steam powered looms were brought in after electricity was used but then why have steam at all ? No simple answer I can see. I know weaving rooms had over a hundred steam looms. And each had a separate belt for each loom. But how were they shut off when a problem arose is a mystery to me

[@tobiaswittenmeier1877]

What a beautiful amazing machinery!

[@TheClockwise770]

Incredible , but how on earth did they manage to work with that noise all day

[@RIPPERTON]

They were all deaf, it didnt bother them.

[@TheRocktalk]

Ear protection was compulsory when I worked in a mill, but would probably have been unheard of back in the day. They likely would have gotten used to the noise until, as RIPPERTON says, they lost their hearing anyway.

[@richiemyshrall1397]

Awesome!!!!! Save this mill!!!!

[@brayanhustler93]

sick !

[@davisronchini2181]

Hard work..., i was worked in brazil, but the loom has power, good memory...

[@AGDemo]

Amazing!

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

2:47 They put guards around the gears at the ceiling but not on the machines on the floor.

[@hwoods01]

I think those 'guards' are more for preventing grease/oil from being flung all over the place.

[@prakashshobha7235]

This is the one of the wonder of world

[@justtim9767]

Excellent.

[@sirrliv]

Is the engine in steam daily, or just for special occasions?

[@GoingtoHecq]

I am very happy to have electricity.

[@6___________99_____________64]

I wonder how many people died working in mills like this one with all the exposed belts and rotating shafts......

[@steamgent4592]

@@adamtrue7691 that was one small portion of time that this mill operated. It would have operated many years with good pay, no children, and proper ventilation. Let's not play the lazy socialist card and claim all trade jobs were bad like when it all started out in the 1800's..........what have you have now, nearly no jobs and thousands sitting on their bum living off the few who are productive......

[@haseeb834]

Kaha ka hai ..i am macanical power loom

[@manzoormir6338]

Timing gear kitne teeth ka hota hai loom ka

[@wellusee]

Gees it really got out of hand, all this from a spinning wheel the ingenuity of man.

[@elireloaded]

2:15... All that powerful spinning machinery and loose clothing seems like a bad idea.

[@billywisniewski9483]

did they shut it down?

[@willne399]

yeah lancashire county council shut it down bc they are idiots (as living very close to burnley and in lancashire myself i can guarantee the county council is terrible)

[@lynwoodreed9032]

Imagine one steam engine replaced by a couple hundred electric motors, what a savings. NOT!

[@VinodDas-o5e]

Kya country mein kaun sa country mein hai

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

England

[@bkrunner8129]

It’s a very sad scene, very empty, that’s what machines do to people put them out of job, I prefer to see people working there then just an empty place with no souls and just machines operating.

[@debbiethomas7805]

Dear Synchronoscope, the Museum of Power is about to start celebrating its 20th Anniversary of being open to the public. As part of the celebrations we are seeking to create a short video about the history and social impact of belt driven workshops similar to one we have and other uses. We would very much appreciate receiving your permission to utilising the belt driven workshop sections of your film to show the splendid other uses of these machines. Could I please ask for your help in e-mailing me via [e-mail] to advise if this would be OK or not - we are hoping to create/show the film by this Friday. Many thanks and best wishes, Debbie Thomas, Museum Manager, Museum of Power

[@user-C17]

Os ingleses montaram uma tecelagem no Brasil, cidade de Americana, SP em 1890....

[@luisgalvan8809]

😢😢😭😭😭

[@frederickhemker3684]

Say hello if OSHA sent you.

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

Lots of deaf people worked there...

[@travisdozier1357]

Dangerous.. random drug test every day at that place!