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This machine was made at the loomshop of the Rhodes family of Diggle near Saddleworth, and was used at Helmshore Textile Mill for spinning wool until 1916. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 ...

The steam engine’s impact on the textile industry was that it freed factories from having to be located next to a source of running water. Like the spinning jenny, it had multiple spindles for ...