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Description: | Showing the Silk Mill and Derby Power Station. Derby's Electric power Station was built originally in 1893, with the addition of a 'New' boiler house in 1921, at a cost of £120,000, on the site of the 1778 Devonshire Hospital. The siting of a coal fired power station in this locality was much criticised as the smoke, grime and lorry noise invaded services at the All Saints' church opposite. It was located next to the Silk Mill/Sowter Road junction, on Full Street, with Silk Mill Lane forming a narrow passage through the middle of the power station. In 1921 a 'New' boiler house extension was added with subsequent additions. Part of the power Station had been cleared away in 1963-4 and a large substation constructed on the site. Derby Power Station was closed in 1969 and the remaining sections were demolished in 1972 to be replaced by an area of grass known as Cathedral Green. The Silk Mill was designed by George Sorocold and Henry Huss for John and Thomas Lombe, the original building was built in 1717-18 for the production of silk, using techniques that John Lombe had stolen from Italy.(He was dramatically pursued by the Italian Navy and then, after setting up his factory, was poisoned by an Italian woman sent at the instigation of the Livorno Italian silk producers.) His building was rebuilt in 1821 and again after a fire in 1910. Only the carrying arches and the bell tower remain of the original edifice. The building shown here now houses the Derby Industrial Museum which opened in 1974. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | Industrial_Revolution | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Nixon, Frank | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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