Quarry Bank's Mill is a Cotton mill that helps start the Industrial Revolution.
So first we went through the house where child works would live.
The tour guide was all dressed up and
knew her stuff answering any question that was given to her.
The house is where 90 children would live.
The factory is one that evolved over 200 hundred years from a flour mill to cotton mill
Once inside we got to see the process for making cotton.
With some of the looms still able to run.
Two were running to meet the demand of the
National Trust Shops they supplied.
These were the small ones produce cotton about 1 yard wide.
The Bobbin setter was for the line threading of the fabric.
The is the Bobbin roller with cotton thread on it.
In this room upto60 looms would have been going, non-stop.
This is the end result of the carding machines.
The mile in its prime would produce 30 miles on Cotton Fabric every day.
The Large Factory was first built here as it was a flour mill site
As it grew the local village supplied labor
The mill river is still running.
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