Description and History of Site:-
Giles & Goodall wrote: "Steam-powered shoddy mill, built c1907. Brick-built, with buildings arranged around a yard. Carbonising sheds, dyehouse and drying sheds on one side. Main range provided shed with six, later seven, bays for rag-grinding machines; attached engine house, with surviving horizontal engine, boiler house and chimney. Important example of a purpose-built shoddy mill. Part demolished."

'RHODA', the 1908 horizontal tandem compound engine, by Marsdens Engines Ltd of Heckmondwike, was recorded in 1970 by Peter Ellis. The engine was of 36 inches stroke with high and low pressure cylinders of 12 and 23 inches respectively, Corliss valve gear, and a Marsden type governor controlling the engine speed by advancing or retarding the phasing of the camshaft.

Parts of the mill were still standing in 2002, but all demolished by 2007 and the site redeveloped to housing.

Further Reading and References:-
Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 Colum Giles and Ian H Goodall 1992 London HMSO.
http://ellisdesign.jalbum.net/Stationary%20Engines%20-%201/Textile%20Mills/Runtlings%20Mill/index.html

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Key Words :- textile shoddy steam mill

Address :- Silverwood Grange , Ossett, West Yorkshire, WF5 8NZ
Grid Ref :- SE 2699 2012
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.676855 , Long -1.592895
Local Authority :- Wakefield Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1908 - 2002
Record Date :- 3 August 2016

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