Arkwright made a fortune of about £30m in today's money by building & licensing mills to spin cotton with these machinesRichard Arkwright was a barber & wig maker in Bolton around 1750 where he learnt ...

This is an example of the spinning frame patented by Richard Arkwright in 1768. Also known as a water frame, it was the first textile machine designed to be powered by water. Arkwright set up the ...

Arkwright House, a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse at the corner of Stoneygate and Shepherd Street, has stood empty for ...

Richard Arkwright was born in 1732, the 13th child of a Preston tailor. He never went to school, but was taught by his cousin, became apprenticed to a barber, and set up shop in Bolton. Then, thinking ...

A world-first mill is to return to hydro power after planning permission was approved for a new water wheel. Cromford Mill, in Derbyshire, was the world's first successful water-powered cotton ...

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A historic Preston property that played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution could be turned into apartments.