Caption

Founded in 1783 by Johann Gottfried Brügelmann, first textile factory on the European mainland. Reconstructed waterframe spinning machine, which was copied from the original by Richard Arkwright in Cromford/England for the Cromford textile factory in Ratingen by means of industrial espionage

Date

Sep 25, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Monheim

Reference

BRK25C31_299

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,2Mb (2,8Mb) / 12,5in x 18,7in / 3744 x 5616 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty reconstruction reconstructions house houses home homes building buildings structure construction constructions architecture architecture machine machines maschinery technology technologies factory factories plant plants Factory plant industrial culture industrial cultures industry industries North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German Europe Europe's produce producing produces manufacture manufacturing manufactures make making makes historic historical historically production productions culture cultures residential building residential buildings residential house residential home residence residential houses residential homes residences Apartment building water wheel water wheels wood wood technical tech european Rhineland reconstructed Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD original originals spinning mill spinning mills technology technology textile factory textile factories industrial espionage industrial espionage industrial spying Ratingen 18th century eighteenth century the 1700s C18 Central Europe Middle Europe country countries Western europe Mainland