Haarlem Mill

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title: "Haarlem Mill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["grade-ii*-listed-buildings-in-derbyshire", "grade-ii*-listed-industrial-buildings", "watermills-in-derbyshire", "textile-mills-completed-in-the-18th-century", "cotton-mills-in-derbyshire", "wirksworth"] description: "Cotton mill in Derbyshire, England" topic_path: "general/grade-ii-listed-buildings-in-derbyshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haarlem_Mill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Cotton mill in Derbyshire, England ::

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Field	Value
building_name	Haarlem Mill
image	Haarlem Mill - geograph.org.uk - 2326070.jpg
caption	The mill in 2011
textile_type	Cotton
building_type	Spinning watermill
employees	200 in 1789
location	Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
map_type	Derbyshire
map_caption	Location in Derbyshire
coordinates
client	Richard Arkwright
start_date	1777
completion_date	1780
engine_maker	Francis Thompson of Ashover
engine_type	Supplementary atmospheric
engine_cylinder	5ft
engine_fly_diameter	18ft
wheels	Prime mover
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The site of the mill, including an older corn mill, was leased by Arkwright in 1777. Construction of the mill building in brick and stone was completed by June 1780, and the reported death of a young man attempting to climb on the water wheel suggests that it was operational at this date. After initially investigating the purchase of a steam engine from the Birmingham firm of Boulton and Watt, Arkwright installed a reciprocating steam engine, probably manufactured by Francis Thompson of Ashover, to supplement the occasionally inadequate water supply. This was a medium-sized engine with a 26 ft beam, an 18 ft flywheel a 30 in cylinder and a stroke of 5 ft. Similar to engines commonly used at the time to pump out nearby mines, it operated 24 hours a day, powering two pumps.

By 1789 the mill was employing almost 200 people, but it was sold by Arkwright three years later. The base of the original building survives, but the upper three floors have since been rebuilt. The empty grade II* listed building was listed on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register but in 2018 was noted that a major phase of repair and conversion work had been completed.

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1. {{Harvnb. Fitton. 1989. Tann. 1979
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6. "Haarlem Mill, Derby Road, Wirksworth - Derbyshire Dales". Historic England.
7. "Heritage at Risk 2018 - East Midlands". Historic England.

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