Difference between revisions of "James McConnel"
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Owner of [[Redhill Street Mill]], [[Old Mill, Manchester|Old Mill]] and [[Sedgewick Mill]] in Manchester | Owner of [[Redhill Street Mill]], [[Old Mill, Manchester|Old Mill]] and [[Sedgewick Mill]] in Manchester | ||
In 1781 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Cannan, a partner in [[Cannan and Smith]] of Chowbent (Atherton), textile machinery makers. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1788, he left for Manchester, where he gained employment with a firm called Egelsom, in Newton Street. He soon began cotton spinning on his own account, and then in 1791 he went into partnership with [[ | In 1781 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Cannan, a partner in [[Cannan and Smith]] of Chowbent (Atherton), textile machinery makers. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1788, he left for Manchester, where he gained employment with a firm called Egelsom, in Newton Street. He soon began cotton spinning on his own account, and then in 1791 he went into partnership with [[John Kennedy]] and [[Benjamin and William Sandford]], making textile machinery, but also doing some mule spinning. Their first premises were in Stable Street (Back Oldham Street), before moving into the former [[Salvin's Factory]] in Canal Street, Ancoats.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jj28AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%22cannan%22+chowbent&source=bl&ots=Olw5M49V6n&sig=Jimn1xanMeY_--sbZaNA49w9P28&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VokFVduWFI_3auO6gqAL&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22cannan%22%20chowbent&f=false] 'A Cotton Enterprise, 1795-1840: A History of M'Connel & Kennedy Fine Cotton Spinners' by Clive Howard Lee, 1972, Manchester University Press</ref> | ||
1812 [[McConnel and Kennedy]] ran the largest cotton mill in Manchester | 1812 [[McConnel and Kennedy]] ran the largest cotton mill in Manchester | ||
Latest revision as of 16:24, 26 April 2017
Owner of Redhill Street Mill, Old Mill and Sedgewick Mill in Manchester
In 1781 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Cannan, a partner in Cannan and Smith of Chowbent (Atherton), textile machinery makers. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1788, he left for Manchester, where he gained employment with a firm called Egelsom, in Newton Street. He soon began cotton spinning on his own account, and then in 1791 he went into partnership with John Kennedy and Benjamin and William Sandford, making textile machinery, but also doing some mule spinning. Their first premises were in Stable Street (Back Oldham Street), before moving into the former Salvin's Factory in Canal Street, Ancoats.[1]
1812 McConnel and Kennedy ran the largest cotton mill in Manchester