TIMELINE

1783-84 Samuel Greg built a mill near a fast flowing stream

1800: He 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 he built new sheds for packing and sorting. He also built a special new warehouse for all the new rare 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 new iron floor and iron balcony was made as a precaution against fire.