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A visit to the mill offers a variety of activities that bring history to life.

Experience life as a cotton mill worker

Explore the watercourse and weir and see how the River Derwent provided waterpower for the mill and still provides power today

Look into the wheelpit and see how big the wheel was

Examine the building and see how it influenced building throughout the world

Discover how machinery developed and improved the production of textiles

Find out how the workers lived

Have a go at machine knitting and spinning

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