 The steam engine was a horizontal twin compound by Hick, Hargreaves & Co of Bolton.The machinery was provided by Asa Lees; originally there were 72,360 for coarse and medium counts.Between 1911 and 1920 many of the mules were replaced by ring frames so it contained 57,172 mule spindles and 22,588 ring spindles

Until 1934, the Cavendish Spinning Company used the mill for spinning coarse and mediums of American cotton, after which it was used for the process of winding artificial silk from synthetic fibres on to weavers beams by the Bentinck Street Silk Works company until 1976, and then by Twinglass Limited, a double glazing company, to manufacture window frames.