Great Western Cotton Factory
(1838-1923)
place and factory
Closed aged c. 85
Wikidata WikipediaThe Great Western Cotton Factory was opened on a site in Barton Hill, Bristol in April 1838 to spin and weave cotton into cloth. The cotton processed at the factory was brought from America to the port of Liverpool and carried by water to Bristol. It was the only example of a cotton mill in the south west of England, most other factories being in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
The Great Western Cotton Factory "One day in 1838 that great bulk stood, complete and its wooden jaws gaped wide" William Sanigar (1954). "Wages were low, I earned 15 shillings a week for 60 hours hard labour" Florence Weekes (1918) cotton factory worker. In May 1968 the largest integrated cotton mill in Southern England was demolished and so finished the final cotton thread.
Wards Signs, Barton Hill Trading Estate, Bristol, United Kingdom where it sited
This plaque commemorates the site of the Great Western Cotton Factory 1838-1923
Barton Hill Trading Estate, Bristol, United Kingdom where it sited