Part section of 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford, with earliest bolted column/beam building connections found (1977) - 5 beams, 7 columns, 3 column ties, 1 roof tie, one main rafter (timber), section of purlin wallplate dovetail box, bolts and wedges, samples of jack arch springing special bricks and floor tiles Part section of 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford
From the Old Mill (c.1780): Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories
From the yard outside the cruciform building (1793), one large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves one large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves 1793
From the Old Mill (c.1780): complete lock (with outside mechanism) (designed by Strutt) from lavatories Complete lock from lavatories
Self-opening door from Mr. Strutt's office from the 1808 extension of the cruciform building Self-opening door from Mr. Strutt's office
Two cast iron windows from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills (south mill) at Belper, 1811-12 Two cast iron windows from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills (south mill) at Belper
From the 1808 Extension to the Cruciform Building: One iron stove, for heating the factory Iron Stove
Ironwork from William Strutt's (1756-1830) Cotton Mills (South Mill) at Belper, Derbyshire, 1811-12, (two columns, one beam, three tie-rods). Strutt set about finding an answer to the problem of timber-floored buildings; his mill was the most technically advanced building of its time, incorporating an iron frame and brick arches to make it 'fire proof'. Ironwork from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills 1811-1812
From the Cruciform building (1793), two iron columns with gas fittings and cast-iron fittings with cotters and tie-bar; two iron columns with gas fittings and cast-iron fittings 1793
From the cruciform building (1793): original gas-pipe, socket and spigot From the cruciform building (1793): original gas-pipe, socket and spigot 1793
Portion of pot-roof from Reeling Mill, Belper, 1807 (built by Wm. Strutt, FRS) Portion of pot-roof from Reeling Mill 1807