Built in the late 19th century, they were taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and sold on.

Renamed the Stockport Paper Mill, they survived into the 21st century when they were demolished to be replaced by modern businesses.

Historically a part of Cheshire, Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the southbank of the Mersey, and known for the cultivation of hemp and rope manufacture and in the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the United Kingdom.

The Cheshire Lines Committee built their viaduct across the River Mersey and ran the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway which serviced Portwood and Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station.

The Bank of England set up the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1929 to attempt to rationalise and save the industry.