Jedediah Strutt
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Jedediah Strutt or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelled it – was a hosier and cotton spinner from Belper, England.
Portrait of Jedediah Strutt by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790
Statue of Jedediah Strutt on the Boots building, East Street, Derby
Derwent Valley Mills
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Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. It is administered by the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership. The modern factor
Jedediah Strutt
…from Walter Mather. Belper opened in 1778 and Milford in 1782. For each he built long rows of substantial worker's houses and both are now part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. In time there would be eight Strutt mills at Belper which would grow to a population of 10,000 by the mid-nineteenth century and…
Darley Abbey West Mill, Derwent Valley
Lombe's silk mill
Model of a water frame at the Historical Museum in Wuppertal
Workers' cottages in Cromford