Derby Industrial Museum
The Derby Industrial Museum is a British museum on the history of industry in Derby , England . The museum is housed in the historic building of a former silk mill. Between 1717 and 1721 George Sorocold built the spinning mill for the Lombe brothers on the banks of the River Derwent. The textile factory was the first of its kind in Great Britain, in which the production of a strong ( twisted ) warp thread, spied on by John Lombe in Italy, was implemented on an industrial scale. The spinning wheels were driven by an undershot water wheel.
The factory's spinning wheels were the factory's key innovation. Due to the exclusive propulsion by water power, the size of the factory and the large number of employees (200 to 400 people depending on contemporary sources), as well as the course of the entire production process from raw silk to the end product, this silk spinning mill is considered to be the first industrially operated silk production in Great Britain.
The city museum was temporarily closed on April 3, 2011 for financial reasons.
Web links
- Entry of the Silk Mill on derbymuseums.org (English)
- Entry of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site on www.derwentvalleymills.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 55 ′ 32.2 " N , 1 ° 28 ′ 32.9" W.