Spinning jenny
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The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764-1765 by James Hargreaves in Stan hill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England.
Model of spinning jenny in the Museum of Early Industrialisation, Wuppertal, Germany.
Spinning jenny at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Blackburn
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Blackburn is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, 8 mi (13 km) east of Preston and 21 mi (34 km) north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is the core centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is the second largest town in Lancashire.
Image: Blackburn Lancashire Townscape
Image: Blackburn Market Hall from Salford geograph.org.uk 2280422
Image: Blackburn Cathedral geograph.org.uk 2279791
Image: Blackburn Library, Northgate, Blackburn geograph.org.uk 5323654