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Lancashire Women in Engineering
We will be celebrating International Women in Engineering Day on 23rd June 2021. In the words of the Women’s Engineering Society: This year we’ll be celebrating the amazing work that women engineers around the world are doing, and not just to respond to the pandemic but also to support lives and livelihoods every day. Women…
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Roller Printing
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. Following on from the series about Lancashire…
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The Lancashire boilers at Queen Street Mill
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. This week marks the 119th birthday of…
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Queen Street Mill steam engine
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. Peace is a 500hp tandem compound engine,…
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The Power Loom
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. The Lancashire Loom, as seen at Queen…
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Samuel Crompton and the spinning mule
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. Samuel Crompton (1753-1827) from Bolton took the basic…
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Richard Arkwright and the Water Frame
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) from Preston invented the water frame and…
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James Hargreaves and the Spinning Jenny
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. The Spinning Jenny was invented around 1764…
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John Kay and the flying shuttle
This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. John Kay (1704-1779) is best remembered for…