Dixon's Chimney and Shaddon Mill

Shaddon Mill is a former cotton mill in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Both the mill and its 290 feet tall chimney, named Dixon's Chimney after its builder, Peter Dixon, are Grade II listed buildings. In 2019, a man died after he climbed the chimney, slipped, and became suspended on the ladder.

The mill and chimney were constructed in 1836 by Peter Dixon and designed by the Manchester architect Richard Tattersall. The chimney was built to be tall enough to prevent the large amounts of smoke generated by the factory becoming noxious to the rest of the city. In its day, Shaddon Mill was the largest cotton mill in England and had the 8th largest chimney in the world. Shaddon Mill became an Historic Listed Building in 1949 and the chimney became an Historic Listed Structure in 1972. Peter Dixon and Sons Ltd. provided work for 8000 people in their four mills in the area.

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