The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel.
Oldest surviving Arkwright water frame, c. 1775 (Photo © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Model of a water frame in the Museum for Early Industrialization in Wuppertal.
The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay.
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