This article describes the archaeological recording of Richard Arkwright's mill on Shudehill in Manchester. This complex marked an important moment in the development of the mechanisation of the cotton industry in Britain. After initial but ultimately unsuccessful experimentation with a direct-acting atmospheric (Newcomen-type) engine, it is known from documentary sources that Arkwright's Shudehill Mill went into production in 1783 using a steam-powered pumping engine in conjunction with a waterwheel. Arkwright chose a site that was remote from a river, reflecting his intention to power the machinery in the mill by steam. This technical shift signalled the birth of the steam-powered textile mill, and the beginning of the rise of Manchester as a factory metropolis. The current article summarises the excavations in 2005 and in 2014 to 2015 to combine the important power system discoveries from the archaeological work with a thorough review from an engineering perspective of pertinent documents in the Boulton & Watt Archive to give a detailed account of the development of Manchester's first steam-powered cotton mill.

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理查德·阿克莱特的舒德希尔磨坊：曼彻斯特第一家蒸汽动力棉纺厂的考古学

本文描述了理查德·阿克莱特 (Richard Arkwright) 在曼彻斯特舒德希尔 (Shudehill) 的磨坊的考古记录。这个综合体标志着英国棉花工业机械化发展的一个重要时刻。在对直接作用大气（纽科门型）发动机进行最初但最终不成功的实验后，从文献资料中得知，Arkwright 的 Shudehill Mill 于 1783 年投入生产，使用蒸汽动力泵发动机和水车。Arkwright 选择了一个远离河流的地点，这反映了他打算用蒸汽为工厂中的机器提供动力。这一技术转变标志着蒸汽动力纺织厂的诞生，以及曼彻斯特作为工厂大都市崛起的开始。