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Textile mills in England

  • Derby Silk MillThomas Lombe secured a patent for his silk-throwing machinery in 1721. He built the Derby Silk Mill on the banks of the River Derwent to house these machines.
  • Textile manufacture during the British Industrial RevolutionIn 1734, John Kay stood in a workshop in Bury, Lancashire, and invented the flying shuttle. This device allowed a single weaver to produce cloth twice as…