Gescher, Fabrikstraße 13-15, 48, DEU

1905–1906

The cotton spinning mill, designed by Séquin & Knobel’s office using the proven Lancashire layout, i.e. including a rope race dividing the building into two unequal parts. In this case, it meant a northern part, with an annexed tower containing a staircase and a sprinkler system tank, and a southern part, at first, in mid-1906, made of eight frame sections, extended in 1909 by additional nine sections to the total length of almost 60 m, with a capacity of 30,000 spindles on ring frames, supplied by the Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft in Mülhausen. In both parts, the frame has longitudinal spans of 3.5 m and transverse spans of 4.3–5.2 m. The building has been recently renovated and continues to be used by the Huesker company, currently for the production of geotextiles.