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pre 1760 - Before the factory
1760-1820 - The rise of the factory
1820-1860 - The Age of the Factory
1861-1865 - Lancashire Cotton Famine
1866-1896 - Victorian Golden Age
1897-1914 - Indian Summer
1914-1939 - Boom & bust
1940 The Long Decline
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ImageCreatorTitleDate Created
Arkwright, RichardPartnership Indenture between Richard Arkwright, Samuel Need, John Smalley and Jedediah Strutt17th June 1770
Image Number: 3004333
Arkwright, RichardPartnership Indenture between Richard Arkwright, Samuel Need, John Smalley and Jedediah Strutt17th June 1770
Image Number: 3004337
Smalley, JohnReceipt signed by John Smalleyc.1779
unknownAssignment (transfer) of shares1st October 1777
Image Number: 3004341
Need, SamuelSignature and seal of Samuel Need17th June 1770
Image Number: 2003447
Sidney Stott, Architect, Surveyor, Engineer.The Imperial Mill, Blackburnc.1900
Image Number: 2003019
Bourne, F S AReport of the mission to China of the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce 1896-71898
Image Number: 2003444
Sidney Stott, Architect, Surveyor, Engineer.The Imperial Mill, Blackburnc.1900
Image Number: 5000121
Greater Manchester Archaeological UnitChorlton New Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester1999
Image Number: 2000830
Cotton BoardDisplay of shutters by Hodgkinsons Shuttles Ltd., Skew Bridge, Blackburnc. 1958
Image Number: 3004357
Bell, ThomasArticles of agreement of a partnership between Richard Arkwright, John Smalley, and David Thornley19th June 1769
Image Number: 3004358
Bell, ThomasArticles of agreement of a partnership between Richard Arkwright, John Smalley, and David Thornley19th June 1769
Image Number: 3004359
Bell, ThomasArticles of agreement of a partnership between Richard Arkwright, John Smalley, and David Thornley19th June 1769
Image Number: 5000119
Greater Manchester Archaeological UnitChorlton New Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester1999
Image Number: 2002475
Daily NewsThe Stalybridge Riots, from our Special Correspondent, March 24, 18631863
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Image: Cottage Industry; a man using a weaving loom, pre 1800 Image: Spinning engraving by J.R. Barfoot, published 1835-40
Image: child working inside a weaving shed, c1910 Image: a drawing of Watts Warehouse in Manchester, built 1858
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