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Samuel Crompton

1753 - 1827

Samuel Crompton Inventing the Spinning Mule
Image credit: Bolton Library & Museum Services, Bolton Council

Samuel Crompton Inventing the Spinning Mule 1895

Alfred Walter Bayes (1832–1909)

Bolton Library & Museum Services, Bolton Council

Inventor of the the spinning mule

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Artworks of Crompton, Samuel

  • Samuel Crompton (1753–1827)
    Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) William Clunne-Lees (c.1860–1946)
    Turton Tower
  • Samuel Crompton (1753–1827)
    Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) Charles Allingham (c.1778–1850) (after)
    Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
  • Samuel Crompton (1753–1827)
    Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) Charles Allingham (c.1778–1850)
    Hall i' th' Wood Museum
  • Samuel Crompton (1753–1827)
    Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) Harold Hill (1900–1940)
    Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
  • Samuel Crompton (1753–1827)
    Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) Charles Allingham (c.1778–1850) (after)
    Science Museum
  • Samuel Crompton (1753–1827)
    Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) Charles Allingham (c.1778–1850) (after)
    Science Museum
  • Samuel Crompton Inventing the Spinning Mule
    Samuel Crompton Inventing the Spinning Mule Alfred Walter Bayes (1832–1909)
    Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
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