1030 GB - Derwent Valley Mills (2001)

Brief Description

"The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright's inventions were first put into industrial-scale production. The workers' housing associated with this and the other mills remains intact and illustrate the socio-economic development of the area."

德文特河谷工业区

"德文特河河谷位于苏格兰中部，拥有18世纪至19世纪兴起的大量棉纺织工厂，是一个具有重要历史意义和科技影响力的工业景 区。在克劳姆弗德有现代工厂的原型，这里是阿克莱的发明被第一次运用到工业生产规模中的地方。工厂的工人宿舍群和其他一些纺织厂仍然保存完好，见证了这个 地区社会经济的发展。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1030

 

The site consists of the communities of Cromford, Belper, Milford, and Darley Abbey, and includes 838 listed buildings, made up of 16 Grade I, 42 Grade II*, and 780 Grade II. A further nine structures are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The buildings are a mixture of mills, workers' housing, and structures associated with the mill communities. The Cromford Canal and Cromford and High Peak Railway, which aided the industrialisation of the area, are also part of the World Heritage Site.

 

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