This is an example of the spinning frame patented by Richard Arkwright in 1768. Also known as a water frame, it was the first textile machine designed to be powered by water. Arkwright set up the ...

Arkwright House was built in 1728 ...

The English textile industry underwent a transformation in the late 18th Century. From a small cottage industry it developed into mass organised employment in the country’s first factories. Derbyshire ...