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Automatic translation: Mechanical and steam looms, an English innovation allowing the United Kingdom to be the first textile power. On the left a transmission belt connects the loom to a steam engine. Cotton mills in England, work of women and children in factories, textile industry. Watercolor or wash early 19th century, 1834, Great Britain. Swainson Birley Cotton Mill near Preston, Lancashire. Credit: SSPL Collection/KHARBINE-TAPABOR
Metiers a tisser mecaniques et a vapeur, innovation anglaise permettant au Royaume Uni d'etre la premiere puissance textile. A gauche une courroie de transmission relie le metier a une machine a vapeur. Filatures de coton en Angleterre, travail des femmes et des enfants dans les manufactures , industrie textile. Aquarelle ou lavis debut 19eme siecle, 1834, grande-bretagne. Swainson Birley Cotton Mill near Preston, Lancashire. Credit : Collection SSPL/KHARBINE-TAPABOR.