Quarry Bank Mill
From Graces Guide
Horizontal steam engine at Quarry Bank Mill. Maker not known, but stated to possibly be by William Bradley of Brighouse
near Styal, Cheshire.
A working textile museum in a former cotton mill, in the care of the National Trust[1]
1784 Established by Samuel Greg, and was notable for innovations both in machinery and also in its approach to labour relations, the latter largely as a result of the work of Greg's wife, Hannah Lightbody. When Greg retired in 1832 it was the largest such business in the United Kingdom.
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