The Warminster And West Wilts Herald, Saturday 18 June 1887, reported:
UPTON LOVELL.
THE WOOLLEN MILLS. – Mr. Walker, the enterprising proprietor of the Woollen Mills here, is just having erected in the mills a huge boiler, weighing thirteen tons, ten cwts. It arrived at Warminster station on Tuesday, and was conveyed to Upton Lovell on Wednesday, taking twelve horses to draw it along on a timber carriage. When the boiler is erected, the factory will be in full working order, and a larger number of hands will be employed.