Industrial Revolution · TURNING POINT ·
Cromford Mill (1771)
1771 — Richard Arkwright builds a water-powered spinning mill on the Derwent and runs it in shifts, day and night, with a workforce of local families and children. It is the template for the factory system.
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- Cotton and the factory system (chapter 2 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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