Queen Street Mill in Burnley, has frequently been used for film and TV shows, is recognised as last working steam powered cotton mill in the world.
The Queen Street Mill in Burnley Lancashire, which gets Grade I listing in the new year. Photograph: Alamy
A magnificent survivor from the age of steam will greet the new year as a Grade I-listed building, its importance finally recognised as the last working steam powered cotton mill in the world.
The giant Victorian steam engine of Queen Street Mill in Burnley Lancashire, was originally named Prudence; steam engines of the time were often affectionately christened. The engine, still running after 120 years, was renamed Peace in 1918 in honour of the fallen soldiers of the first world war, who included many former mill workers.
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