Major facelift for Archie
If you have been down in the Torrs Riverside Park since 2008, you will have noticed Archie, sitting by the weir as the river Sett joins the Goyt. Archie is a reverse Archimedean screw hydro electric scheme owned and maintained by a local cooperative society called Torrs Hydro. In December 2020, Torrs Hydro embarked on an ambitious project of refurbishment and renewal of the plant with the aim of dramatically increasing the time it can...
OPEN : New Mills Millennium Walkway
Update – as of 31 May the Millennium Walkway is now reopened Overnight on 2 May the New Mills Millennium Walkway was damaged at the west end with 7 of the side cables being cut This left DCC with no alternative but to close the walkway whilst the damage is properly surveyed and repairs carries out. Initial surveys were due to be carried out today (Tuesday 8 May) and the repair is marked as urgent. As soon as we have a reopening...
Torrs Hydro – everybodys talking
Lovely article about ‘Archie’ – the interview by ‘everbodys talking’ was with Mary Cohen one of Torrs Hydros Directors. http://www.everybodys-talking.org/node/8872...
Videos
Over the coming weeks we will be publishing a series of videos of New Mills showing the town in its different aspects. The first one shows the great outdoors and is produced by Sonder Pictures of New Mills ...
Torrs Hydro Open Day
Torrs Hydro (or Archie as he is known by his friends and visitors) have announced a series of open days for 2015 25 April, 16 May, 17 May, 4 July, 11 July, 26 September Bring a picnic and enjoy the beautiful Torrs Riverside...
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