print email comment close Spinning the Web: The Story of the Cotton Industry URL: http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk Description: This site brings together a "collection of some 20,000 items from the libraries, museums and archives of North West England which tell the story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry." Discusses the British textile industry, cotton mills, the Lancashire cotton famine, cotton districts and towns, living conditions of cotton mill workers, machinery, uses of cotton, and much more. Includes images and interactive features. Searchable. Publisher: Manchester City Council Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cotton manufacture -- England -- Lancashire Cotton textile industry -- History Cotton trade LII Database Information: Record 10615 created by Jennifer English on 09/27/2004 Last modification on 09/28/2004 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 04/03/2007 Charlotte Bagby on 05/28/2006 Published: 09/27/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10615