https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9 8E2 en-us 2018-01-05 14:55:49 UTC 2025-11-16 23:32:53 UTC hello@padlet.com ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218949882 A cotton mill is a factory housing powered spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton,[1]an important product during the Industrial Revolution when the early mills were important in the development of the factory system.[2]]]> 2018-01-05 14:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218949882 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950024 2018-01-05 14:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950024 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950289 What age do you think these two workers are?]]> 2018-01-05 14:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950289 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950658 Originally, cotton fibres were twisted together with a wooden spinning wheel to form threads of yarn which were then woven together to make cloth using a device called a loom.]]> 2018-01-05 14:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950658 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950873 The women would do the spinning, whilst the men would do the weaving. It was called a 'cottage industry'.]]> 2018-01-05 15:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218950873 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951039 Early cotton mills were built near to rivers and used large water wheels to power the machines inside them. In 1781, Sir Richard Arkwright opened the world's first steam-powered textile mill on Miller Street in Manchester. ]]> 2018-01-05 15:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951039 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951221 The mills were hot and dusty places so they were hard to breathe in. People had to shout above the rattle and hiss of machinery, which were deafeningly noisy. Women were employed to do the spinning and weaving and the men would oversee them to make sure they did not break the rules or fall asleep. ]]> 2018-01-05 15:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951221 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951300 Manchester had 108 mills by 1853 and it became known as 'Cottonopolis'. ]]> 2018-01-05 15:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951300 ksargent8 https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951613 2018-01-05 15:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/218951613 16radnett https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/219707466 Victorian ]]> 2018-01-09 13:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ksargent8/svbuirwl8kq9/wish/219707466