These were the steam engines and flywheels that powered the looms that wove the cotton cloth. The noise was such that weavers used sign language
The sign language was called mee mawing. These engines powered the Cotton Mills that made Burnley a powerhouse of the Industrial revolution. At its peak, Burnley became one of the world's largest producers of cotton cloth and a major centre of the cotton mills have gone now or are visitor centres
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Location: Burnley Lancashire England
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