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Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor, 1822. Arkwright hearing from a neighbour about a clockmaker named Kay living in Warrington. Arkwright and Kay produced a model of a spinning machine which was shown at Preston in 1768. Arkwright was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of mechanical spinning using rollers. The invention of the spinning machine revolutionised the production of yarn and led to rapid mechanisation of textile manufacturing throughout Britain. It also made Arkwright a very wealthy man.

Unique Identifier AR916934

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3035px × 3454px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Ann Ronan Pictures

Black and white

eighteenth century

Industrial Revolution

NINETEENTH CENTURY

Print Collector1

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

Sir Richard Arkwright

SPINNING MACHINE

TEXTILE INDUSTRY