|
1783-84 |
| Samuel Greg built a mill near
a fast flowing stream. |
|
1800 |
| Samuel Greg installed a steam
engine 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
built a new warehouse for all the 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.
Introduction of steam power. Bolton and
Watt 20hp beam engine.
|
|
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 balcony was made as
a precaution against fire. |
