Steam Powered Mills Cottontown
When the canal was opened between Burnley and Eanam Wharf in 1810, a steam engine was ordered for Spring Hill Mill as the price of coal was reduced. There was a problem in the early factories caused by the employment of young children. They were used because they were more nimble than adults, and worked for less wages. It was one of the duties of the overseers of the poor to see that the poor