Lace Web Spring Company in Sandiacre 1938

Springfield Mill (Grade ll Listed), on the eastern side of the Erewash Canal, was built by Terah Hooley in 1888 as a tenement lace factory at a cost of £12,000. In order to prepare the site, the River Erewash had to be permanently diverted. The machinery for the clock is by Smith of Derby. The boiler house chimney, saved from demolition in 2002 before the Mill was converted into apartments, is a prominent local landmark. The Mill was served by its own gas works, which also supplied the gas to 50 street lights in the village. These were donated by Terah Hooley on the condition that the Parish Council paid for the gas; two of these lamp standards can still be seen on Padmore Moorings. Original footage by Ivan Kingsbury Remastered / Sound Effects by B.H Productions Soundtrack Tides