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• Stockport
  ...nufacture and in the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the United Kingdom. However, Stockport's predominant industrie ...d Stockport market) in the late 18th century, during the construction of a mill, but noted it was 'founded on tradition only'; substantial stonework found
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• Derby
  [[File:Silkmill1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Derby Industrial Museum - Silk Mill World Heritage Site]] ...Lombe and George Sorocold, after Lombe had reputedly stolen the secrets of silk-throwing from Piedmont in Italy.
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• Congleton
  In 1451, the River Dane flooded, destroying a number of buildings, the town's mill and wooden bridge.<ref name="Congleton Museum website"/> The river was dive [[File:Old Mill (1753-1830) in 1902.png|right|thumb|200px|The Old Mill]]
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• River Derwent, Derbyshire
  ...y 2013}}</ref> The later mills at [[Belper]], [[Darley Abbey]], and Masson Mill, were much larger and needed to harness the full power of the river to driv ...c mill sites, producing hydro-electricity from turbines instead of driving mill wheels, with a recent development being the construction of a hydro-electri
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• Derwent Valley Mills
  The modern factory, or 'mill', system was born here in the 18th century to accommodate the new technolog ...ct housing for the mill workers. Thus, new settlements were established by mill owners around the mills, sometimes developing a pre-existing community, wit
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• Mickleover
  ...in 1717 by John Lombe in Derby. Lombe had gained his experience processing silk in the smaller factory built and run by Thomas Cotchett of Mickleover. Cotc
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• Duffield
  ...nitting, encouraged by Jedediah Strutt's famous 'Derby Rib', while a paper mill opened at Peckwash.
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