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Derwent Valley Mills

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Rank: 1001 UNESCO
Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: United Kingdom
Best of: Factory, Mill
Description:
The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright's inventions were first put into industrial-scale production. The workers' housing associated with this and the other mills remains intact and illustrate the socio-economic development of the area. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Derwent Valley Mills", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.