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History Around Us

History Around Us. The Impact of the Arkwright Family on the Village and People of Cromford (GCSE Coursework). Does Arkwright deserve the title “Father of the Factory System”?. Who was Richard Arkwright and where did he come from? Did he build the very first factory?.

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History Around Us

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  1. History Around Us The Impact of the Arkwright Family on the Village and People of Cromford (GCSE Coursework)

  2. Does Arkwright deserve the title “Father of the Factory System”? • Who was Richard Arkwright and where did he come from? • Did he build the very first factory?

  3. World’s first factory credited to Cotchett & Sorocold who built the Silk Mill in Derby in 1702 Does Richard Arkwright deserve the title of “Father of the Factory System”? • Born 1792, Preston, son of a tailor • Was apprenticed to a barber & wigmaker • 1768 worked with John Kay on a spinning machine • 1769 Took out patent on new invention • 1771 Built first mill at Cromford

  4. Does Arkwright deserve the title “Father of the Factory System”? • Why was there more demand for cotton? • How were textiles produced before Arkwright built his factory? • What was the factory system?

  5. Wool & cotton thread traditionally produced by spinning wheel – cottage system – output was slow Demand for cotton clothes increased Change that Arkwright made was to bring people to the work Arkwright put many machines under one roof Workers worked 12 hour shifts 6 days a week Workers subject to strict rules Arkwright provided community for his workers Provided work for families Does Arkwright deserve the title “Father of the Factory System”?

  6. Does Arkwright deserve the title “Father of the Factory System”? Arkwright’s success can be measured by comparing import and export figures for cotton Also by the number of factories that he built or was connected with

  7. Described by Karen Fiske as ‘an inspirational figure’ Protected his inventions with patents Fiske says he ‘can perhaps be regarded as the first industrial tycoon in Britain’ By 1782 employed over 5,000 workers “His factories became the model for factories all over the country and all over the world. This was the way to build a factory. And he himself usually followed the same pattern---stone buildings 30 feet wide, 100 feet long, or longer if there was room, and five, six, or seven floors high.” (Adam Hart-Davis) Does Arkwright deserve the title “Father of the Factory System”?

  8. Cromford Mill

  9. Masson Mills

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