Why could the site of Cromford be successfully developed by Richard Arkwright?

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Why could the site of Cromford be successfully developed by Richard Arkwright?

Richard Arkwright was the first to successfully create a system of mass production. His factories and his methods were widely copied throughout England and around the world. But why was his mill in Cromford so successful? The following essay will explore this.

In order to begin developing the Cromford site, Arkwright needed money. To find a financer for his idea he travelled to Nottingham and met Jeddidiah Strutt, owner of a stocking-making business (a big business in the 17th century in Nottingham). With Strutt's money, Arkwright set up a spinning factory in 1769. Without this capital, Arkwright couldn't have set up the factory in Cromford in 1771 where he used his 'spinning-frames' (which could have hindered the mass production of yarn and thread), and he would also not have been able to hire so much cheap labour - a key factor to the success of his factory at Cromford.

Arkwright didn't need skilled workers (working at the mills did not need special expertise) - he needed cheap workers. The Cromford area lacked working people needed for the mill. He knew that to attract workers into