Image ID: 10488

The First Cotton Mill in the World, Wollaton Street, Nottingham, c 1933

Courtesy of W. H. S. & S. N.

Wollaton Street
Nottingham
England

Inscription above the door reads: 'This building was erected in 1767 and used for 10 years by James Hargreaves, inventor of the Spinning Jenny. It was the first cotton mill in the world.

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