The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills
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Description: Description of the 18th century water powered cotton spinning mill built by David Dale and Richard Arkwright, and the village that developed around it.
Scotland, Glasgow, C18th water powered Cotton Mills, New Lanark Scottish landscapes, gardens and waterfalls The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills 18th Century water-powered Cotton Mills While poets and artists and tourists in search of the sublime came and went, two visitors in 1783 looked at the falls with a different eye. David Dale, son of a grocer, and prosperous cloth merchant accompanied by Richard Arkwright wondered if the power of all this water could be harnessed to drive cotton spinning machines. Arkwright had invented one called "the water-frame" which needed too much power to be used by an individual family (as was common with spinning machines and looms at the time). They wanted to incorporate hundreds of these machines in one location and use a common source of power to drive them all.
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| Page title: | Scotland, Glasgow, C18th water powered Cotton Mills, New Lanark |
| Keywords: | Robert Owen, Dale, Arkwright, industry, education, planned village, cotton mill, cotton, social welfare, clyde, waterwheel, hydro, hydro power |
| Description: | New Lanark is one of the finest examples of 18th century industrial planned village. Robert Owen introduced revolutionary reforms in education and care for workers |
| IP-address: | 12.180.59.250 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 06-aug-1997 Expiration Date: 05-aug-2017 |