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From raw materials to the factory. European Theme Route Textiles
The thousands of rattling bobbins on the spinning frames in cotton factories have become a byword for industrialisation. British cotton mills were indeed the forerunners of, and models for the industrial revolution. That said, the first textile factory was a silk twining mill. The five-storey building was constructed in Derby as early as 1720, and contained more than 26.000 water-driven spindles. Since the Middle Ages Italy had been the centre of silk processing, and the machines came from there. The problem was that they were incapable of spinning, and simply twisted ...
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Radevormwald | Museum Textile Mill Johann Wülfing & Son |
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Wülfingstraße | 42477 Radevormwald | Germany |
| The 300 or so weaving and spinning machines are now at work in China. But the cellars of the old spinning mill are still full of life. Here the waters of the River Wupper have been diverted through a ... more >> |
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Ratingen | Rhineland Industrial Museum Textile Mill Cromford |
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Cromforder Allee 24 | 40878 Ratingen | Germany |
| There are many recipes for success. One of them is “no time to lose”. This could very well apply to the old Cromford spinning mill in Ratingen in the Bergisch Land, now one of the on-site museums ... more >> |
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Rossendale | Helmshore Textile Mill Museum |
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Holcombe RoadHelmshore | BB4 4NP Rossendale | Great Britain |
| Nestling side by side in the stunning Rossendale Valley are two of Lancashire´s original textile mills: Higher Mill and Whitaker’s Mill which, together, are Helmshore Mills Textile Museum. We are u... more >> |
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Roth | Roth Factory Museum |
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Obermühle 4 | 91154 Roth | Germany |
| The Huguenot Anthon Fournier migrated from Lyons to Nurnberg in 1569 and established a workshop making leonische waren (leonine wares) which are fine gold, silver and copper brocades used in embroider... more >> |
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Roubaix | Museum of Art and Industry |
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23 rue de l’Espèance | 59100 Roubaix | France |
| The Lille conurbation, that includes the town of Roubaix, was during the 19th century the principal centre in France for the manufacture of woollen, cotton and linen textiles. Some handloom weavers’... more >> |
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Roubaix | Musée textiles manufactures des Flandres |
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25 rue de la Prudence | 59100 Roubaix | France |
| The town of Roubaix in the French part of Flanders was already a centre of textile production in 1469 when it was granted the privilege of weaving coarse woollen fabrics. The right to weave fine yarns... more >> |
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Rumsiskes | National Open Air Museum |
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6S Neries Street | 56336 Rumsiskes | Lithuania |
| The open air museum at Rumsiskes is based on the Skansen principle, displaying buildings, largely of rural origin, from every part of Lithuania, on a single site. It was established in 1966, and opene... more >> |
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Rydal | Rydals Museum and Spinning Works |
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Borasvagen 237 | 51170 Rydal | Sweden |
| Rydal spinning mill, the first in the Sjuharad region of Vastergotland, was built by Sven Erikson in 1853, and was powered by the waters of the River Viskan. Machines and cast-iron for construction we... more >> |
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Saint Hippolyte du Fort | Silk museum |
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Place du 8 Mai | 30170 Saint Hippolyte du Fort | France |
| The mountainous Cevennes region of southern France was one of the most important silk-producing areas in Europe in the nineteenth century. The mulberry tree flourishes in the Cevennes, and silk was pr... more >> |
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Saint-Etienne | Museum of Art and Industry |
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2, place Louis Compte | 42026 Saint-Etienne | France |
| Saint-Etienne is one of France’s most notable industrial cities. Nearby coal mines stimulated the growth of ironworking, glassmaking, textiles, particularly ribbons, and the manufacture of armaments... more >> |
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Salhus | Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum |
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Salhusvegen 201 | 5107 Salhus | Norway |
| Salhus Tricotagefabrik was founded in 1859, as one of the first knitwear factories in Norway. Trikotasje means knitted fabric. Long and short underwear for men and women, undershirts, socks, athletic ... more >> |
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San Marino Citá | Museum of the Agriculture, Culture and Traditions of the Territory of the Republic of San Marino |
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Strada di Montecchio 11 | San Marino Citá | San Marino |
| The tiny republic of San Marino is an enclave surrounded by Italian territory around the three peaks of Mount Titano in the north-eastern Apennine Mountains. It has a population of around 30,000. Tour... more >> |
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Schio | The Schio & Vincentino open air museum of industrial archaeology |
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Palazzo Asilo RossiVia Pasubio 92 | 36015 Schio | Italy |
| Schio, 26 km north-west of Vicenza, became one of the most important textile centres in Italy in the second half of the 19th century, although until the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 it belonged to the ... more >> |
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Sedan | Dijonval cloth factory |
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Avenue du Général-Margueritte 10-6 | Sedan | France |
| The Dijonval cloth factory at Sedan has the appearance of a palace rather than a textile mill, and is an evocative monument to the role of the state in the economy of France of the ancien regime. The ... more >> |
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Shrewsbury | Ditherington Flax Mill |
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Objektanschrift | site address:Spring Gardens | SY2 1 Shrewsbury | Great Britain |
| The 5-storey 55 m long red brick building bearing the inscriptions of a malting company that towers over the houses of the northern suburbs of Shrewsbury was the first multi-storied iron-framed buildi... more >> |
