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D3638 - English Sewing Cotton Company Ltd and predecessors - c1836-1979
- 42 - File containing photographs mainly of Masson Mill and Cromford including buildings, machinery, Workers Playtime - 1890-1985

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3638/42/1
Title	Coloured postcard of the Arkwright Spinning Frame, which was used from about 1775, for spinning cotton in Richard Arkwright's mill at Cromford
Date	[late 20th cent]
Description	A description with the item reads: "The Arkwright Spinning Frame, Patent No. 931 of the year 1769. This frame was worked in the Arkwright Mills at Matlock Bath, now a branch of English Sewing Ltd. It was driven by water power". The postcard was produced for the North Western Museum of Science (now called the Science and Industry Museum) in Manchester, by Hadfield Print Services Ltd, of 43 Pikes Lane, Glossop.
Extent	1 postcard
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
Dimensions	9 cm x 14 cm

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