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LicenseSpinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spinning water frame, made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Water frame, water powered spinning machine made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c.1775, and used at the Arkwright Mills at Matlock Bath.
This is a four spindled example of Richard Arkwright's water frame, possibly the earliest surviving production example of the machine that triggered a transformation in cotton spinning. The water frame made the mass production of cotton yarn possible for the first time. Driven by a water wheel, its moving rollers thinned out the cotton, then its rotating spindles twisted it into yarn.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y2000.48
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), cotton (fibre), metal (unknown) and leather
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1260 mm x 725 mm x 630 mm,
- type:
- water frame
- credit:
- Purchased from IPT (UK) Ltd
