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Home > Education > Classroom resources > Georgian Britain > Arkwright’s spinning frame Arkwright’s spinning frame Design illustration of a machine with a large wheel attached to a machine framework. View full image

Richard Arkwright’s specification for his spinning frame, 1769 (C73/13 m31)

This became known as the water-frame, which used water power at Arkwright’s mill at Cromford, Derbyshire in 1771. The machine made it possible to mass produce strong yarn and reduced the need to spin cotton by hand.

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