THE HERITAGE IMAGE REGISTER»HERITAGE PHOTO ARCHIVE MAIN COLLECTION»TEXTILE INDUSTRY (SEE ALSO UNDER Radcliffe) Large Collection»Lever Bank Bleach Works Survey, Little Lever

The site dates prior to 1804. Used as a textile bleach and print works. Remains in April 1971 immediately prior to demolition included. Brick manager's house, stone counting house, weighbridge, stone bleaching kiers, dash-wheel channels, part o fa fireproof floor, two chimneys (one rounf one hexagonal), stables, domestic habitation, brick-built smithy, remains of waterwheel chamber, storage areas. Cast iron water tank Jackson Brothers, Wharf Foundry, Bolton 1894. Recorded that Lever Bank had a library for workers. Engine house standing, steam engine was a Bodmer vertical of 140 HP worked until 1926. Many records rescued and are now preserved in archives. KH personal notes.