Piccadilly Mill

Piccadilly Mill, also known as Bank Top Mill[1] or Drinkwater's Mill, owned by Peter Drinkwater, was the first cotton mill in Manchester, England,[2] to be directly powered by a steam engine,[3] and the 10th such mill in the world.[1] Construction of the four-storey mill on Auburn Street started in 1789[3] and its 8 hp Boulton and Watt engine was installed and working by 1 May 1790.[4] Initially the engine drove only the preparatory equipment and spinning was done manually.[5] The mill-wright was Thomas Lowe, who had worked for William Fairbairn and helped with the planning two of Arkwright's earliest factories.[6]

During the early 1790s the mill employed around 500 workers.[4] Robert Owen was employed as the manager in 1792.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kidd 2013.
  2. ↑ Oxford Archaeology North (2005). "PICCADILLY MILL, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER Post-Excavation Assessment" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 Nevell 2007, p. 198.
  4. 1 2 Nevell 2007, p. 199.
  5. 1 2 Miller & Wild 2007, p. 18.
  6. ↑ Miller & Wild 2007, p. 64.

Bibliography

  • Kidd, Alan J. (2013), "Drinkwater, Peter (1750–1801), cotton manufacturer", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2013-12-23
  • Miller, Ian; Wild, Chris (2007), A & G Murray and the Cotton Mills of Ancoats, Lancaster Imprints, ISBN 978-0-904220-46-9
  • Nevell, Michael (2007), "The Social Archaeology of Industrialisation: the example of Manchester during the 17th and 18th centuries", in Casella, Eleanor Conlin; Symonds, James, Industrial Archaeology: Future Directions, Springer, pp. 177–204, ISBN 0-387-22831-4, retrieved 2013-12-23


Coordinates: 53°28′43″N 2°14′00″W / 53.4787°N 2.2333°W / 53.4787; -2.2333

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