Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 A historiography of the cotton mills
• 1.2 Sources
• 2. The Lancashire cotton industry & its buildings, 1850 - 1930
• 2.1 1850
• 2.2 Specialisation of the industry
• 2.3 The rise of the limited companies
• 2.4 Developments in weaving
• 2.5 1920 and after
• 3. A family business
• 3.1 Family history
• 3.2 Creation and early years of the business - to 1860
• 3.3 A reputation established - 1860 - 1880
• 3.4 A firm of immense reputation - 1880 to 1900
• 3.5 A case of arson - 1887
• 3.6 The Edwardian years - 1900 to 1914
• 3.7 Decline - 1914 to 1931
• 3.8 J. Chadwick & Co. Ltd
• 3.9 Family and other rivals
• 4. Structural engineering
• 4.1 The single brick arch system
• 4.2 The double brick arch system - 1871 patent
• 4.3 The quadruple brick arch system - 1885 patent
• 4.4 The triple brick arch system
• 4.5 Reinforced concrete
• 4.6. Floor covering, roofing and walling
• 4.7 Were they fire-proof?
• 4.8 Weaving sheds
• 5. Cotton mill design
• 5.1 Power plant
• 5.2 Spinning machinery
• 5.3 Layout
• 5.4 Style
• 6. Mill builders - the private companies
• 7. Mill builders - the public companies
• 7.1 The Victorian companies
• 7.2 The Edwardian boom
• 7.3 Capital and cost
• 7.4 The weaving companies
• 7.5 Too many and of the wrong type?
• 8. The process of mill building
• 9. The wider practice
• 9.1 Other textile industries
• 9.2 Other industrial buildings
• 9.3 Community buildings
• 9.4 Housing
• 10. Discussion
• Family tree
• Patents
• Gazetteer
• Statistics
• Bibliography
• Index