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Welcome to the University of Salford repository (USIR), an Open Access showcase for the published research output of the university. Our collection contains a wide range of research across multiple formats and subject areas.

Whenever possible, outputs will be made openly available here in full digital format for download, with many under a Creative Commons license. See our Policies for further information https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/policies.



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Salford Twist Mill: Uncovering an Iconic Textile Factory (2024)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (in press). Salford Twist Mill: Uncovering an Iconic Textile Factory. Industrial Archaeology Review, 46(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2024.2357425

The Salford Twist Mill of 1799-1801 has attracted much attention as a pioneering example of an iron-framed building, the first textile mill in England to have benefitted from steam heating and one of the earliest buildings in the world to have been p... Read More about Salford Twist Mill: Uncovering an Iconic Textile Factory.

A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire (2006)
Journal Article
Miller, I., Wood, P., & Bradley, J. (2006). A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire. #Journal not on list, 30, 21-48. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106336

Excavation along a gas pipeline route through central Lancashire has revealed a previously unknown pottery production site of 13th to 15th century date. The site, which lies south of the river Ribble, comprised oval gullies, representing possible tru... Read More about A Pottery Production Site at Samlesbury, Near Preston, Lancashire.

The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle (2005)
Journal Article
Miller, I., & McPhillips, S. (2005). The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 25-30

A recent opportunity to examine part of the Roman settlement associated with the fort at Old Carlisle, Cumbria, was provided by clearance work at Old Carlisle Farm (NY 2614 4614). In order to construct a level yard to the west of the farm, an area me... Read More about The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle.

Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey (2005)
Journal Article
Miller, I. (2005). Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 173-198. https://doi.org/10.5284/1064547

The author presents documentary and archaeological evidence for the location and period of use of Cunsey Forge, a bloomery forge located on land adjacent to Cunsey Beck, on the west bank of Windermere, from 1618 to the mid-eighteenth century. The aut... Read More about Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey.

Numerical study of electroconductive non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluid flow from a stretching rotating disk with a Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model (2024)
Journal Article
Salawu, S. O., Anwar Bég, O., Usman, Bég, T. A., Kuharat, S., & Shamshuddin, M. (in press). Numerical study of electroconductive non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluid flow from a stretching rotating disk with a Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering,

Motivated by emerging technologies in smart functional nano-polymeric coating systems in pharmaceutical and robotics applications, the convective heat transfer characteristics in swirl coating with a magnetic hybrid power-law rheological nanofluid po... Read More about Numerical study of electroconductive non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluid flow from a stretching rotating disk with a Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model.