NewsgalleryColnebridge cotton mill fireBookmarkShareNewsByBen AbbissBreaking news reporter19:30, 9 FEB 2018Updated14:17, 10 FEB 2018The site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818. All that remains of the mill is the wall bordering the canal tow path.1 of 26The site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818. All that remains of the mill is the wall bordering the canal tow path.2 of 26Historian, Richard Heath at the site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818. All that remains of the mill is the wall bordering the canal tow path.3 of 26Historian, Richard Heath at the site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818.4 of 26The Colne Bridge Mill Fire Project logo to commemorate the bicentenary of the fire.5 of 26Stone masons clean the grave of 15 of the 17 girls who perised in the fire at Atkinson's cotton mill at Cone Bridge on February 14, 1818.6 of 26Stone masons clean the grave of 15 of the 17 girls who perised in the fire at Atkinson's cotton mill at Cone Bridge on February 14, 1818.7 of 26Stone masons clean the grave of 15 of the 17 girls who perised in the fire at Atkinson's cotton mill at Cone Bridge on February 14, 1818.8 of 26Historian, Richard Heath at the site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818. All that remains of the mill is the wall bordering the canal tow path.9 of 26Kirkheaton Church yard. Stone masons clean the grave of 15 of the 17 girls who perised in the fire at Atkinson's cotton mill at Cone Bridge on February 14, 1818.10 of 26Kirkheaton Church yard. The grave of 15 of the 17 girls who perished in the fire at Atkinson's cotton mill at Cone Bridge on February 14, 1818.11 of 26Stone masons clean the grave of 15 of the 17 girls who perised in the fire at Atkinson's cotton mill at Cone Bridge on February 14, 1818.12 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.13 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.14 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.15 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.16 of 26Historian, Richard Heath at the site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818.17 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.18 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.19 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.20 of 26Kirkheaton Church.21 of 26Historian, Richard Heath at the site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818.22 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.23 of 26The memorial to the 17 victims of the Colne Bridge cotton mill fire in Kirkheaton church yard.24 of 26Historian, Richard Heath at the site of Atkinson's cotton Mill at Colne Bridge where 17 young girls perished in a fire in 1818.25 of 26The Colne Bridge Mill Fire Project logo to commemorate the bicentenary of the fire.26 of 26