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Description: | The collection contains items which demonstrate the technology of cotton spinning from the domestic spinning wheel through to the waterframe and developments, illustrating the process of the Belper hosiery industry. There are items relating to other Belper industries especially nail-making. The collection also contains some silk manufacturing machinery.
Local significance | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Textiles Textile machinery Hosiery Science Industry | Temporal: | 19th century - early 1800-1836 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 01773 880474 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5299 | Go to resource |
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