Richard arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright's achievement was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labour and the new raw material (cotton) to create mass-produced yarn.

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Richard Arkwright's inventions helped to start the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. Painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), circa 1790.

Power loom invented by Edmund Cartwright. Image from Textile Mercury, a Manchester paper published by Marsden, in 1892.

#ThrowBackThursday - WHILE men were working on inventions to provide power to drive machines, and to furnish easy means of transportation and travel, others were working on inventions to be used on the farm, in the factory and the home, in the production and manufacture of articles of food, clothing, and shelter. The first of these inventions of manufacture and production were the spinning machines #WoolStudio #Spinning

Sir Richard Arkwright by Joseph Wright of Derby oil on canvas, circa 1783-1785 49 5/8 in. x 40 1/8 in. (1260 mm x 1020 mm) Purchased jointly with the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, with National Portrait Gallery, London

Take a visual tour through history with these photos and pictures of the Industrial Revolution.