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Title: Friths Mill, Bacup Road - MOT00171
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Title
Friths Mill, Bacup Road - MOT00171
Description
Friths Mill, Bacup Road, built as a steam-powered cotton mill, finished its days as a sanitary pipe works.
The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom caused a revolution from domestic trade to factory life. No longer needing water power, factories were built in the valley bottom. Cheap coal, brought in by canal, encouraged the use of steam engines. At least five steam engines were installed in Todmorden mills 1822 - 25, and Fielden Bros. used a 60 h.p. engine to power their weaving shed in 1829.
The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom caused a revolution from domestic trade to factory life. No longer needing water power, factories were built in the valley bottom. Cheap coal, brought in by canal, encouraged the use of steam engines. At least five steam engines were installed in Todmorden mills 1822 - 25, and Fielden Bros. used a 60 h.p. engine to power their weaving shed in 1829.
Source
Todmorden Information Centre Trust
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PHDA - Todmorden Information Centre Trust
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
MOT00171.tif
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Citation
“Friths Mill, Bacup Road - MOT00171,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/10498.
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