Galgate
Galgate is a place in Lancashire , England . It's about 3 miles south of the city of Lancaster and exactly at the southern end of the Lancaster University campus .
From the 1830s until 1971, silk was spun in Galgate . English Heritage now runs the buildings of two of these spinning mills as Grade II listed buildings . One spinning mill was converted from a water-powered grain mill into a spinning mill in 1830 and ceased operations in 1971, while the other was built as a spinning mill in 1852 and is now used as a warehouse.
The River Conder runs under the Lancaster Canal in Galgate , where there is a harbor for canal boats.
Until 1939 the place had a station of the railway line founded as Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway , today the West Coast Main Line runs without stopping through the place and the next station is in Lancaster.
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- Galgate Silk Mill (I) at English Heritage
- Galgate Silk Mill (II) at English Heritage
Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 47 ′ W