Sir Richard Arkwright

Standard Name: Arkwright, Sir Richard

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Residence Alison Uttley
Castle Top Farm, where AU lived until she was eighteen, was the great influence on her life. A friend said of her seventy-three years living elsewhere that she had been in exile most of...

Timeline

About 1764: James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny...

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About 1764

James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny after seeing a traditional spinning wheel fall over, with its wheel and spindle turning in the air.

1769: Richard Arkwright set up a water-powered...

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1769

Richard Arkwright set up a water-powered spinning mill of his own invention near Hockley, Nottingham.

1 August 1771: Richard Arkwright and David Thornley joined...

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1 August 1771

Richard Arkwright and David Thornley joined forces with Jedediah Strutt and Samuel Need to rent land on which to set up a factory by the River Derwent at Cromford in Derbyshire, so that Arkwright's...

1775: Richard Arkwright's latest, duly patented...

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1775

Richard Arkwright 's latest, duly patented machine proved capable of itself carrying through the entire process of yarn manufacture.

1779: Samuel Crompton brought together ideas from...

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1779

Samuel Crompton brought together ideas from Richard Arkwright and James Hargreaves to invent the spinning mule.

11 November 1779: One of Arkwright's new, highly-mechanized...

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11 November 1779

One of Arkwright 's new, highly-mechanized mills for cotton production, at Chorley, Lancashire, was sacked by rioters.

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