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Cotton mill. Spinning mills in Ancoats, Manchester, England – representation of a mill-dominated townscape. A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, [1] an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. [2]
Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served (Years) Millthorpe Mill SD 661 913 : Birks Mill SD 658 914 : Burton-in-Lonsdale CottonMill SD 649 718 : Westhouse Mill
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A worker spinning cotton at a hand-powered spinning wheel in the 18th century would take more than 50,000 hours to spin 100 lb of cotton; by the 1790s, the same quantity could be spun in 300 hours by mule, and with a self-acting mule it could be spun by one worker in just 135 hours. [23]
British Nylon Spinners (BNS) was a British company set up in 1940 by ICI and Courtaulds to produce nylon yarn. In 1964 it was taken over by ICI after ICI had tried and failed to take over Courtaulds. In 1964 it was taken over by ICI after ICI had tried and failed to take over Courtaulds.
A weavers' cottage was (and to an extent still is) a type of house used by weavers for cloth production in the putting-out system sometimes known as the domestic system. Weavers' cottages were common in Great Britain, often with dwelling quarters on the lower floors and loom -shop on the top floor. Cellar loomshops on the ground floor or in the ...
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