Editing Broadbottom (section)

==Landmarks==

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East of the railway station is [[Broadbottom Viaduct]] that carries the railway line {{convert|120|ft|m}} over the [[River Etherow]]. The official length of the viaduct is {{convert|422|ft|6|in|m}}.

At Summerbottom, there is a row of 18th-century weavers' cottages; they had a communal top floor where the looms were stored.

[[List_of_mills_in_Longdendale_and_Glossopdale|Hodge Printworks]] started out as a woollen mill in 1798. In 1805, it was converted into a dyeworks. The dyed cloth was of such high quality that some pieces are still on display in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]. In 1986, a team of archaeologists excavated the dye vats.

Best Hill Mill was started in 1784 by John Marsland, but closed in 1884. The mill reopened early in the 20th century to make tape and webbing for use in [[World War I]]. It closed again in 1930.

Broad Mills was a collection of mills (factories), including a [[Calico (fabric)|calico]] printing mill, run by the Sidebottom family. In the 1840s, it ran 25,000 spindles and 1,500 looms; by 1860, there were 1,200 people working there. The mill was bought by the John Hirst & Sons in 1872. In 1889, it became part of Broadbottom Mills Ltd who also owned Lymefield Mill. In 1906, it passed to the Broad Mills Co. Ltd., who worked it until 1934 when they went into liquidation. A fire in the 1940s led to the mills' demolition in 1949. Lymefield Visitor Centre is close to the mills.<ref>{{cite book|last=Quayle|first=Tom|title=The Cotton Industry in Longdendale and Glossopdale|publisher=Tempus|location=Stroud,Gloucestershire|year=2006|page=119|isbn=0-7524-3883-2 }}</ref>