Samuel Slater
(1768-1835)

Died aged c. 67

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Samuel Slater 1768-1835 father of the American Industrial Revolution. Emigrated, after apprenticeship in Jedidiah Strutt's cotton mills, with secrets of Richard Arkwright's water frame. Lived here 1768 to 1789

Sunnymount Cottage, Chevin Road, Belper, United Kingdom where they lived (1768-1789)