Cotton manufacture: mule spinning. Note boy on right employed to crawl under threads & sweep up. Self-acting mule of type devised by Richard Roberts 1825. Roof of building supported by iron trusses. Engraving c1830.
Cotton manufacture: mule spinning. Note boy on right employed to crawl under threads & sweep up. Self-acting mule of type devised by Richard Roberts 1825. Roof of building supported by iron trusses. Engraving c1830.
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