Shudehill Mill
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Shudehill Mill
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Shudehill Mill or Simpson's Mill was a very early cotton mill in Manchester city centre, England. It was built in 1782 by for Richard Arkwright and his partners and destroyed by fire in 1854. It was rebuilt and finally destroyed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940. One of Arkwright's larger mills, it was built three years before his patent lapsed. The mill had a 30 feet diameter water wheel and a Newcomen atmospheric engine was installed. Doubts remain as to why the engine was installed, whether
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Cotton mill in Manchester, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shudehill_Mill
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2021-11-13T21:20:47Z
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