Diversity At Quarry Bank Mill - History Around Us
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- Diversity at Quarry Bank Mill
- Types of People
- Types of Jobs in the Factory
- Overlookers
- In charge of each room.
- Mixers
- Men and women who blended raw cotton fibers together
- Carders
- Men who worked the machines that straightened cotton fibers
- Drawers and Rovers
- Women and children in charge of the machines that drew out the cotton and added a loose twist
- Bobbin Winders
- Children who wound the spun thread onto the bobbins for the creel frame
- Throstle Spinners
- Women and children who worked on Arkwright's water frame or Throstles, which produced a strong warped thread.
- Mule Spinners
- Men and women who spun on Crompton's Mule which helped produce a finer thread.
- Warpers/Beamers
- Men who prepared the warp for the loom by winding onto a beam from a creel frame
- Weavers
- Men and women who operated the looms helped by children
- Drawers
- Men and women who drew the warp threads through the eyes and dents of the harness, making them evenly spaced and ready for weaving.
- Overlookers
- Role of Hannah Lightbody
- Unitarian, influential in giving the workers exemplary conditions for the time.
- Provided education for apprentices.
- Owners: Greg Family
- Samuel Greg
- Founder of the Mill
- Hannah Lightbody
- Wife of Samuel Greg
- Robert Hyde Greg
- Son of Samuel and Hannah Greg
- Edward Hyde Greg
- Son of Robert Hyde Greg
- Samuel Greg
- Child Labour Apprentices
- Unpaid, worked overtime to pay off debt for things such as breaking plates
- Ages 9 to 19
- Worked for more than 10 hours a day and schooled in the evenings
- Ate porridge, vegetables and and some days meat
- Made to walk 2 miles for church service every Sunday regardless of weather conditions
- Types of Jobs in the Factory
- Activies
- Religious Worship
- Church every sunday
- Unitarian Values
- Housing and shops
- Housing
- Each worker had a detached house with its own garden and privy.
- Instead of workers paying rent, it was deducted from their wages.
- Workers were also paid enough to have disposable income.
- Instead of workers paying rent, it was deducted from their wages.
- Instead of workers paying rent, it was deducted from their wages.
- Workers were also paid enough to have disposable income.
- Apprentices lived in the apprentice house.
- Each worker had a detached house with its own garden and privy.
- Shops
- Co-Op.
- Sold staple foods: flour, meal, potatoes...
- Workers were also able to raise livestock and sell them to the co-op for extra money.
- Co-Op.
- Housing
- Health
- Peter Holland: Doctor was fully paid for by employer
- Kept records of all treatments etc.
- Injuries and disease
- Hair and limbs could get stuck in the machines. Crushed limbs were often amputated.
- Cotton eye
- Dust got into the eyes due to poor ventilation resulting in swelling.
- Cotton Lung
- Dust was often breathed into the lungs resulting in the development of breathing difficulties.
- Crawling around on their hands and knees often left many apprentices heavily deformed.
- Rickets
- A disease that often caused severe leg deformities, often a result of lack of vitamin D (from sunlight) / calcium.
- Loss of hearing due to loud machinery
- Peter Holland: Doctor was fully paid for by employer
- Types of Power
- River Bollin
- Wooden Overshot wheels 1801
- Metal wheel 1807
- Great Wheel 1818
- Metal wheel 1807
- Wooden Overshot wheels 1801
- Steam
- River Bollin dried out in the Summer, so an auxiliary Boulton and Watt steam engine was introduced in 1810
- Later superseded by the horizontal condensing engine in 1871
- River Bollin dried out in the Summer, so an auxiliary Boulton and Watt steam engine was introduced in 1810
- River Bollin
- Manufacturing Process
- Raw cotton shipped in from America to the docks of Liverpool and transported to Quarry Bank Mill via canal.
- Spun/woven into textiles such as cloth.
- Sold around the country.
- Spun/woven into textiles such as cloth.
- Raw cotton shipped in from America to the docks of Liverpool and transported to Quarry Bank Mill via canal.
- Education and apprentices
- Apprentices worked in the Mill for most of the day from early in the morning and schooled in the evenings.
- Taught Literacy and later, mathematics.
- Apprentices went to church every Sunday
- Children were very suited for working in the textile industry because they were small and nimble.
- Apprentices worked in the Mill for most of the day from early in the morning and schooled in the evenings.
- Religious Worship
- Types of People
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