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SPINNING MILL

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A factory in which raw fibres are spun into yarn or thread. Many separate processes are required to achieve this.

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FULLING MILL A mill for beating and cleaning cloth, using soap or fullers' earth.
WEAVING MILL A factory, incorporating power driven machinery from the late 18th century, where cloth was manufactured from threads interlaced at right angles to each other in a loom.

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