12 juin 1771 -
Description:
In 1771 the three men set up a large water powered mill factory on the banks of the River Derwent in Cromford, Derbyshire. Arkwright's machine now became known as the Water-Frame. It is the world's first successful water powered cotton powered spinning wheel. But the water supply at Cromford proves erratic.
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Industrial revolution
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