Silk Mill

Some articles on silk mill, silk, mills, mill:

Whitchurch Silk Mill - See Also
... Whitchurch Silk Mill official website Description of Silk Mill on town's official website UK Charity Commission information about the charity no.900621 ... The two companies operating the Silk Mill are nos.02506000 (the Trust) and 01968546 (for trading) ...
Inglewhite - History
... The road names of Button Street and Silk Mill Lane indicate other industries that once thrived near the village ... Silk Mill Lane derives its name from a silk mill powered by a waterwheel which once stood adjacent to where the brook crosses the Lane ... The Congregational Chapel on Silk Mill Lane was founded in 1819 ...
Allentown, Pennsylvania - History - Early 20th Century To Present
... early 20th century was brought about by the silk and textile industry ... The Adelaide Silk Mill, one of the largest in the world at the time, opened in Allentown in 1881 ... By 1928, there were more than 140 silk and textile mills in the Lehigh Valley, making it the second largest industry in the region ...
Derby Industrial Museum
... Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England ... The museum is housed in Lombe's Mill, a historic former silk mill which marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. 1721 George Sorocold built Britain’s first mill for the Lombe brothers, beside the River Derwent to house machines for "doubling" or twisting silk into thread ...

Famous quotes containing the words mill and/or silk:

    “Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.”
    —John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

    “Her fortune, too, lies there,
    Converted into cool hard steel
    And right red velvet lining;
    While over her tan impassivity
    Shot silk is shining.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)