Mill Dam At Westwood Mills

The Mill Dam at Westwood Mills is a dam for a mill pond, constructed in 1801 and enlarged in 1824 and 1858. It is made of coursed local gritstone and features a retaining wall that is approximately 3 meters high on the east face. The dam has sluice gates at the north end for the water wheel and at the south end for overflow. It is triangular in shape, tapering towards the goit from the river at the west end, measuring about 200 meters long and 50 meters wide.

The north side of the mill pond is bordered by the towpath of the Huddersfield Canal, which was built around the same time, while the south side slopes down to the River Colne. This pond also provided water to the smaller mill dam at Lower Mill to the southeast, now known as Titanic Mill.

Historically, it was documented in 1801 as the dam embankment, byewash, pentrough, and wheel race. The enlargement in 1824 coincided with the addition of a new two-storey fulling mill, which included a wheel race, wooden and stone pentroughs, the dam embankment, two trunks, sluices, and byegoits.