Show machinery in british cotton mill made junk low moor a village near clitheroe which was sold piecemeal recently saw disappear its last hope of renewed prosperity the machinery in the village mill which formerly employed a total adult population of being sold in small lots to brokers at scrap metal prices the mill established years ago and run ever since by the garnett family was the first in lancashire to introduce power looms and cavalry defended it against the mol mob b of 1820 trade depression resulted in the in mill III closing nearly three years ago one hundred and twenty eight looms costing each sold for 7 6 16 looms which today would each cost 90 were knocked down for and which when running were worth 80 apiece sold for 2 7 15 brokers have seldom known looms to sell so cheaply london times |