It was here, in 1779, that Samuel Crompton -- no mean weaver and spinner himself -- invented the Spinning Mule which revolutionised the cotton industry and helped promote the Industrial Revolution.

The Communal Mule is yet another cafe to recently pop up on Dundas West. Sandwiched between Little Italy and Queen West, on the north side of Trinity… ...

The spinning wheel was replaced by machinery - firstly the Spinning Jenny and then the Spinning Mule. The introduction of machinery would have led to spinners losing their jobs.

The self-acting mule, also known as the Roberts mule, is a textile machine invented by Richard Roberts in 1825. It was an improvement on the spinning mule, which was invented by Samuel Crompton in ...

A £15 million eight-storey apartment block will be built at a town centre site where Samuel Crompton is thought to have started work on his Spinning Mule. The 90 riverside apartments will be ...

The spinning mule turned Bolton into a boomtown. It was used to spin cotton fibres into yarn, which could then be woven into a variety of textile goods including the highly desired muslin.

Picturesque Firwood Fold lies two miles from Bolton, Greater Manchester, and is best known as the birthplace of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule, who was one of pioneers of the ...

From Wednesday, January 22, to Tuesday, January 28, The Spinning Mule in Nelson Square, Bolton, and The Robert Shaw in Market Street, Westhoughton, will mark the Scottish poet's legacy. This will ...

Crompton's grandfather had invented the spinning mule in 1779, a machine that kick-started the Lancashire cotton boom, enabling, for the first time, the mass production of high quality cotton yarn.

More than 30 adults are pictured, and organisers of the reunion are missing a few. A table has been booked at the Spinning Mule Wetherspoons, which serves food and drink, in Nelson Square for the ...

The spinning mule turned Bolton into a boomtown. It was used to spin cotton fibres into yarn, which could then be woven into a variety of textile goods including the highly desired muslin.

Inside the walls of a Tudor hall in Bolton, Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule Share by Neal Keeling 00:01, 14 Nov 2024 Updated 08:35, 14 Nov 2024 See news near you ...