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Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire , England , designated in December 2001 . The modern Factory , or 'mill', system was born here in the 18th century to accommodate the new technology for spinning Cotton developed by Richard Arkwright . The insertion of industrial establishments into a Rural landscape meant the construction of housing for the mill workers. The site consists of the communities of Masson , Cromford , Belper , Milford , Darley Abbey and Lombe's Mills , and it includes 867 Listed Building s. A further nine structures are Scheduled Ancient Monument s. At the Working Textile Museum at Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill, there are approximately 680,000 bobbins on display. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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