Quarry Bank Mill

 Quarry Bank Mill is a cotton factory, it is near Manchester in the village of Styal. We can see the different process of fabrication with the different machines of this factory.

The waterwhell:

The mill was founded by Samuel Greg in 1784 on the River Bollin. It was designed by Thomas Hewes and built between 1816 and 1820 which is the biggest water wheel in Europe. When the water wheel turned, the motion moved the belt and powered the machine.

The cotton machines and children work

Quarry Bank Mill is notable for its use of unpaid child apprentices, a system that continued until 1847, with the last child to be indentured starting work in 1841. When children work on the machine cotton, they had sometimes accidents, Machines was biggest and they make a lot of noise.

 

 

 

Valentin  & Amaury