direct to your inboxPlans have been revealed to regenerate one of Manchester's best-known former cotton mills.Brunswick Mill was built on Bradford Road in Ancoats around 1840 and was one of the largest of its kind.At that time, historic Lancashire was at the heart of the cotton industry and the powerhouse behind the nation's industrial revolution.The mill once held some 276 carding machines, the textile process by which fibres are untwisted and separated into a uniform fabric.The imposing structure, which fronts onto the Ashton Canal, has had many owners over the years including the Lancashire Cotton Corporation but finally ceased production in the 1960s.Now owned by developer Maryland Securities, it is home to a number of tenants on.
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