Borrowash Hydro

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Borrowash Hydro is a hydro-electric power plant built on the River Derwent in Borrowash, Derbyshire.

The location is the site of the former Borrowash Mill. The power plant was installed by Derwent Hydro{{cite web|title=Our Sites|url=https://www.derwent-hydro.co.uk/our_sites/|publisher=Derwent Hydro|accessdate=7 January 2023}} in 1995 with a capacity of 100kw/h.{{cite web |url=https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/site-elements/documents/pdf/council/council-works/improvement-scrutiny/completed-improvement-scrutiny-reviews/2012-review-of-water-generated-power.pdf |title=The Potential for Water Generated Power in Derbyshire |author= |date=30 May 2012 |website= |publisher= Derbyshire County Council |access-date=7 January 2023 |quote=}}

Borrowash Mill

The earliest mention of a mill on the site dates from the Taxation Roll of Pope Nicholas compiled in 1291 which says that the Abbot of Dale had a mill at ‘Borwesasse’.{{cite news |author= |title=Coming Events |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002861/19290921/083/0004 |newspaper=Beeston Gazette and Echo |location=England |date=21 September 1929 |access-date=7 January 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} This is assumed to be a corn mill.

Around 1800 another mill was built as a cotton mill by Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington and operated by John Towle and Co. It became known as 'Towle's Mill'.

On 12 April 1928 a fire broke out. The mill at this time was operated by the English Cotton Company.{{cite news |author= |title=Fire at Borrowash |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001084/19280413/136/0008 |newspaper=Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal |location=England |date=13 April 1928 |access-date=7 January 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

The mill continued to operate as a flock mill providing material for the manufacture of bedding until it closed and was demolished in the middle 1960s.

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Category:Hydroelectric power stations in England

Category:River Derwent, Derbyshire