Little Story: Quarry  Bank Mill

1783-4 :Samuel Greg built a mill  near a  fast flowing stream

1800: Samuel Greg installed a steam engine to provide enough power to run the spinning machines when power was low

1830: By 1822, cotton was selling so well that Samuel Greg built new sheds for packing and sorting. He also bought a special new warehouse for all the new raw cotton that was arriving.

1836: Robert Greg adapted the mill buildings to house looms for weaving. The mill was now used for spinning and weaving.

1842: A new "scutching" building was built. Here the cotton waste was sucked out of the machinery through flues. Iron was used for the equipment and a new iron floor and iron balcony was made as a precaution against fire.