Moulin à soie Derby, Derby, England, UK, anciennement connu sous le nom de Derby Industrial Museum. Il fait partie de la Derwent Valley Mills Site du patrimoine mondial.
3644 x 3644 px | 30,9 x 30,9 cm | 12,1 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
31 janvier 2013
Lieu:
Derby, England, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
This image is exclusive to Alamy. Derby’s Silk Mill building stands on the site of the world’s first factory and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. The museum is housed in Lombe’s Mill, a former silk mill and now part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. It was built between 1717 and 1721 beside the River Derwent by George Sorocold for the Lombe brothers. The mill housed machines for "doubling" or twisting silk into thread. These machines were copied from the design of those used for spinning large quantities of silk in Italy, which John Lombe had seen while working there. These machines, the large size and organisation of the workforce, and the plentiful free source of power that the River Derwent supplied, led the Lombes' silk mill to be described as the first successful use of the factory system in Britain. This in turn led to the mill becoming a tourist attraction, though not all were impressed by the working conditions. Silk production ended around 1908 after which the building was used to manufacture fly papers and cough medicines. In the 1920s the Electricity Authority took ownership using it for stores, workshops and a canteen. In the 1970s it was adapted for use as Derby’s Industrial Museum, opening on 29 November 1974.
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