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1758 |
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Samuel Greg, was born in Belfast,
the son of Thomas Greg and Elizabeth Hyde. |
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1780 |
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Samuel Greg became a junior partner in
his uncle's company. |
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1782 |
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Samuel
Gregs uncle, Robert Hyde, dies. |
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1783-84
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Samuel Greg built a mill near a
fast flowing stream.
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1789 |
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Samuel Greg married Hannah Lightbody.
Hannah was a strong Unitarian and it had a great impact on her husband's
religious beliefs. |
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1790 |
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Samuel Greg built an apprentice house to
purchase children from workhouses. |
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1800
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Samuel Greg installed a steam
engine to provide enough power to run the spinning machines when power was
low.
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1830 |
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By 1822, cotton was
selling so well that Samuel Greg built new sheds for packing and sorting.
He also built a special new warehouse for all new raw cotton that was
arriving. |
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1834 |
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Samuel Greg died in
June.
At that time, his company was producing 0.6% of
all yarn and 1.03% of all cloth produced in Britain.
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1836 |
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Robert Greg adapted
the mill buildings to house looms for weaving. The mill was now used for
spinning and weaving.
Boulton and Watt
invented the 20 brake horsepower beam engine. It costed 1, 158 pounds.
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1842 |
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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. |
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1905 |
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Water turbines were installed in Quarry
Bank mill. |
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1939 |
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The Quarry Bank Mill failed to continue
to be profitable. The national trust bought the land and it fell into
dereliction. |
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1979 |
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The National Trust started a restoration
project to turn the mill into a working museum. |
