Crimble Mill - Heywood

Crimble Mill was built in the 19th century and has been unused for many years. The old factory is situated in Rochdale, England, a northern town where many factories were placed in the industrial boom, only to be abandoned in the 21st century. "Roe Acre Dyeing and Finishing Company Limited was registered on 16 Mar 1907 with its registered office in Manchester. The business has a status listed as "Dissolved""(DueDil description). I was born in Rochdale and returned there this week, I decided to visit Crimble Mill and take some photos, these are some of them:

As the mill has been closed for many years there is a lot of graffiti and vandalism on and around it. This sign is one of my favirite parts of the mills surrounding area, as it captured the damage of humans even on there own man made objects.  

This image captured how nature is reclaiming what was once taken from it, the branches coming out of the windows show the power of nature and how the factory has returned to it. 

This would have once been where the smock and steam would rise out of the mill, causing pollution the the natural fields and woods around, but now it is inactive and it to has been silenced and returned to nature. 

This is a wide shot of the mill, it displays the wast natural area around, the mass amount of trees that were knocked down to make it become evident when looking at it's surroundings. 

This low angle shot, should show the factory as powerful but instead it looks sad and run down, the sky overwhelms the image and looks as though it could engulf the mill. 

This is another close shot of the mills windows, smashed and dark, with some nature peering through. 

I really like the way this shot shows how powerful nature is, the branches growing out of the windows shows the beginning of nature taking over. 

This image is a little to over exposed but it again focuses on the windows and the branches forming from the inside and outside of the mill. 

Again a side shot showing the mass of nature on and in the mill. 

I really enjoyed looking at this theme of nature reclaiming its old home, but the Mill is unfortunately not accessible to me through this project so I will be taking this theme and what I have learnt from taking these images and applying it to a more modern device that has become outdated, phone boxes. I wan to use art and the idea of creating something beautiful when nature is allowed to blossom in places it was previously ripped from.