May 19, 2016· Lower Parel Phoenix Mills Chimney (Old Textile Mills) 1854 was the year when Mumbai got its first mill called 'Bombay Spinning Mill' famous for producing Cotton textiles to be exported to Britain. By 1870 there were about 13 mills and by 1875 total count of mills in Mumbai was about 70 which still went up to 83 by 1915.