A week to day on my stay with Molly & Taffy...
We visited Cromford, home of a World Heritage site!Why?
Because in August 1771, Richard Arkwright, a very important industrialist - the Victorians gave him the accolade 'Father of the factory system' - began building in Cromford the world’s first successful WATER powered cotton spinning mill; a vital step towards full scale factory production.
The mills at Cromford with their water powered machinery, large workforce and village became models for others throughout Britain & abroad.
The site has now been preserved & the water courses, to the different mill levels can be seen....
Arkwight was also, responsible for the opening of the Cromford Canal in 1793 to convay his cotton away on.The end of the now, derelict line...
We all had an interesting walk around.This is Jonna's meme - to participate, all you need is two or pairs of photos, the subject is your choice!
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Painted by B'Day twinny 
Thoughtfully created for me by 
"Lavender's blue, dilly dilly,
5 comments:
Now that is a great post - really interesting. Also good pics.
Very nice collection of Two Fers. The last one would look nice in mono. And...by the way...you will never be in the backseat!
As Aileni said, great post. Fascinating photos and information!
What a pretty waterfall - a very interesting post, Blue!
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
Hi. So sorry that I have been mia. However, I am back. Love your post. I love old mills, and living history.
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