Derwent Valley Mills
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Masson Mills, Derwent Valley |
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| National territory: |
 United Kingdom
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | ii, iii |
| Reference No .: | 1030 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2001 (session 25) |
Derwent Valley Mills is a place of since 2001 UNESCO - World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire in England .
In the 18th century, the first modern factories for the production of textiles, called mills , were established here because they used water power like mills . This was based on that of Richard Arkwright developed new technology for spinning of cotton .
The emergence of industrial facilities in a rural setting also meant the construction of shelters for the factory workers.
The World Heritage Site is on the territory of the parishes of Cromford , Belper , Milford , Darley Abbey and Derby . It consists of numerous buildings, of which Great Britain has classified 867 as Listed Buildings , another nine as " Scheduled Ancient Monuments ".
Around 680,000 spindles are on display in the “Working Textile Museum” in Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill .
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Heritage: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral (1986) | Ironbridge Gorgewith The Iron Bridge (1986) | Studley Royal Park with the ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986) | Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Monuments of Megalithic Culture (1986) | King Edward's castles and city walls in Gwynedd (1986) | Blenheim Palace (1987) | Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey with St Margaret's Church (1987) | Downtown Bath (1987) | Borders of the Roman Empire : Hadrian's Wall (1987) and Antonine Wall (2008) | Tower of London (1988) | Cathedral , St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church in Canterbury (1988) | Edinburgh Old and New Town (1995) | Maritime Greenwich (1997) | The Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999) | Old town of Saint George's (Bermuda) with fortifications (2000) | Blaenavon industrial landscape (2000) | New Lanark Industrial Model Estate (2001) | Saltaire industrial village (2001) | Derwent Valley Mills (2001) | Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew (2003) | Liverpool - Maritime Trade City (2004, R ) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006) | Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (2009) | Forth Bridge (2015) | Gorham Cave (2016) | Lake District (2017) | Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory (2019)
Natural Heritage: Giant's Causeway and Coast (1986) | Henderson (Pitcairn Islands) (1988) | Gough Island and Inaccessible (1995) | Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
Cultural / Natural Heritage: St. Kilda (Scotland) (1986)
Coordinates: 53 ° 1 ′ 13 ″ N , 1 ° 29 ′ 59 ″ W.