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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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Sliven | National Textile Museum |
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Pl Stoil Voivroda 3 | 8800 Sliven | Bulgaria |
| The first textile mill in the Balkan peninsula was built in 1834 at Sliven by Dobri Jeliazkov (or Zhelyazkovac), who, with many other citizens of the town, had fled to Russia during the war between Ru... more >> |
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Soufli | Silk museum |
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73 E Venizelou St | 684 00 Soufli | Greece |
| Soufli, a town 65 km north-east of Alexandroupolis and a short distance from the Turkish border, was celebrated for its wine, spirits and cooked meats, and for ox carts that were manufactured there fo... more >> |
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Stockholm | Silk Weaving Museum |
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Repslagarg 15A | 11846 Stockholm | Sweden |
| Karl August Almgren established a silk mill in Stockholm in 1833, and it subsequently grew into a sizeable manufacturing complex, with some four-storey buildings. Some of the Jacquard looms that he in... more >> |
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Stockholm | Skansen |
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Djurgardsslatten 49-51 | 11593 Stockholm | Sweden |
| Skansen is the open air museum that has given its name to museums in many European countries. For 70 years it has attracted more than two million visitors per annum. It was founded in 1891 by the ethn... more >> |
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Stockport | Hat Works |
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Wellington MillWellington Road South | SK3 0EU Stockport | Great Britain |
| Opening in 2000, Hat Works is the UK’s only museum dedicated solely to the hatting industry, hats and headwear! The museum was developed in Stockport, one of Manchester´s leading hatting towns.
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Tampere | Museum Centre Vapriikki |
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Alaverstaanraitti 5 | 33101 Tampere | Finland |
| Tampere was a new town of the late 18th century, and has benefited from water-power, the result of its situation between lakes Phäjärvi and Näsijärvi. In 1820 a Scot, James Finlayson, established ... more >> |
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Tampere | Finnish Labour Museum Werstas |
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Väinö Linnan aukio 8 | 33210 Tampere | Finland |
| The pioneer of large-scale manufacturing in the Finnish city of Tampere was the Scot James Finlayson (1771-1852) who, after a spell working in St Petersburg, established an engineering shop in the ear... more >> |
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Terrassa | Catalonian Museum of Science and Industry |
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Rambla d’Ègara 270 | 08221 Terrassa | Spain |
| The most eye-catching feature of the Vapor Aymerich, Amat i Jover in Terrassa near Barcelona is doubtless its unique roof. It consists of row upon row of 161 shell-shaped half arches, each with gently... more >> |
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Tilburg | Audax Museum of Textiles Tilburg |
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Goirkestraat 96 | 5046 GN Tilburg | Netherlands |
| Tilburg in the Province of North Brabant has traditionally been an important centre of the Dutch textile industry. Its mills were one of the major employers in the region until the 1960s. After that t... more >> |
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Uffculme | Coldharbour Working Wool Museum |
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Coldharbour Mill | EX15 3EE Uffculme | Great Britain |
| Coldharbour Mill, 12 km east of Tiverton, is one of the outstanding monuments of the textile industry of the West of England. The elegant mill in the classical style was built in 1799 by the Quaker en... more >> |
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Valencia | Silk Exchange |
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Plaza del Mercado | 46002 Valencia | Spain |
| The Silk Exchange in Valencia is an evocative monument to the role of commerce in European civilisation over many centuries, and one of the most eloquent expressions of the late Gothic style. Its arch... more >> |
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Verviers | The wool and fashion tourist centre in Verviers - Route du Feu |
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Rue de la Chapelle 30 | 4800 Verviers | Belgium |
| The buildings in Verviers are a dream for fans of industrial history. Even though they have been considerably renovated everywhere, the town on the River Weser still exudes the charm of its past indus... more >> |
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Vila Nova de Famalicao | Textile Museum |
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Rua Jose Casimiro da SilvaOuteiro Calendario | 4760 Vila Nova de Famalicao | Portugal |
| The town of Vila Nova de Famalicao stands in the Vale de Ave (the valley of the bird), a heavily industrialised region 30 km north of Oporto, where cotton manufacture was important from the mid-ninete... more >> |
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Waterford | Portlaw Industrial Community |
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Tannery:Factory Road, Portlaw | Waterford | Ireland |
| Portlaw lies on the River Clodiagh 20 km north-west of Waterford. It developed as an industrial community from 1825 when property in the vicinity was bought by David Malcolmson (1765-1844) a Quaker, d... more >> |
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Weitra | Old textile factory museum |
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In der Brühl 13 | 3970 Weitra | Austria |
| The company Hackl und Söhne, which manufactured high quality clothing, was established in Vienna in 1843, and subsequently set up a factory around a manor house at Weitra in Lower Austria, 8 km south... more >> |
