A mob of Lancashire weavers rioted in 1791 and burned to the ground a cotton mill newly set up by Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom. Time and again as the Industrial Revolution spread, ...

1743: Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom, was born. 1792: La Marseillaise was composed by Claude-Joseph Roget de Lisle. northwales. Share; By. North Wales Live. 00:00, 24 APR 2009; ...

It is a fitting tribute to English inventor Dr Edmund Cartwright that Cartwright Hall sits at the heart of Bradford’s picturesque Lister Park for his creations underpinned the industrialisation ...

APRIL 24 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Rev. Edmund Cartwright, who by his invention of the power-worked loom made a notable contribution to the progress of cotton manufacture. A descendant ...