Empty Mill Still Running: The Alderton Loom Room Mystery
Empty Mill Still Running: The Alderton Loom Room Mystery
The old mill that had produced nothing for thirty years seemed to come alive for four to seven minutes at 7:14 a.m. on January 9, 2014 - a rhythmic punch and hiss Frances Tucker, a 61-year-old textile finisher, recognized from decades on weaving floors. How could a building with stripped electrical infrastructure and removed machinery emit the unmistakable sound of broadloom looms, and why were eight anchor plates in the northeast corner inexplicably clean?
In this episode, we follow the chain of responses to Frances’s report: a…
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