Masson Mill

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill is a water-powered cotton spinning mill situated on the west bank of the River Derwent in Matlock, Derbyshire in England. This mill was built in 1783. It paperwork part of the Derwent Valley Mills, a World Heritage Site. Nearby is Willersley Castle, the house Richard Arkwright constructed for himself in the parish of Matlock. Following the invention of the flying trip for weaving cotton in 1733 the call for for spun cotton accelerated quite in England.

Machines for carding and spinning had already been advanced however have been inefficient and the cotton produced turned into of inadequate first-rate to form the warp of the weave. In 1769, Arkwright patented a water frame to use the extra strength of a water mill. His first mill became at Cromford in 1771. Masson Mill is the 0.33 turned into constructed close by to take advantage of the extra water waft from the River Derwent.