The reservoir was constructed above the village of Barrow Bridge by John and Robert Lord . The Lord Brothers opened a mill there in the late 18th Century using Crompton s spinning mules.
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In 1779 he purchased a number of spinning mules ( also known as Hall i'th'Wood wheels, invented by Samuel Crompton of Bolton ) suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin.
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"' Scavengers "'were employed in 18th and 19th century in cotton mills, predominantly in the UK and the United States, to clean and recoup the area underneath a spinning mule.
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The cloth making industry remained stagnant, however, until the 18th century, when revolutionary weaving inventions such as Crompton's Spinning mule, allowed the textile industry in Addingham to leap forward as it entered the 19th century.
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Made possible by inventions such as the spinning jenny, spinning mule, and water frame around the time of the American Revolution, the textile industry was among the earliest mechanized industries, and models of production and labor sources were first explored here.
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"' Lieven Bauwens "'( 14 June 1769, in Ghent 17 March 1822, in Paris ) was a Belgian entrepreneur and industrial spy who was sent to Great Britain at a young age and brought a spinning mule and skilled workers to the European continent.
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In the late 18th century, the English textile industry had adopted the spinning jenny, water frame, and spinning mule which greatly improved the efficiency and quality of textile manufacture, but were closely guarded by the British government which forbade their export or the emigration of those who were familiar with the technology.
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Samuel Crompton's Spinning Mule, introduced in 1779, was a combination of the spinning jenny and the water frame in which the spindles were placed on a carriage, which went through an operational sequence during which the rollers stopped while the carriage moved away from the drawing roller to finish drawing out the fibres as the spindles started rotating.
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Within the mill are components that allow the reading of the hierarchical movement that occurred within the plant; the large steam engine room with furnace, the wool grading room, the scouring, drying and dying room, the large open halls in which the carding machines, spinning mules, weaving looms, shaving machines were once held, the sewing area and storage rooms all follow a purpose designed floor plan that was not changed for the duration of the woollen mill's existence.
