Arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright was an influential British engineer and entrepreneur during the Industrial Revolution. He is best known for inventing the water frame, a machine that greatly improved the efficiency of spinning yarn from wool and cotton. This innovation enabled the large-scale production of textiles, helping to transform the industry from small-scale handcrafting to factory-based manufacturing. Arkwright’s development of mechanized spinning processes and the establishment of factory systems played a key role in advancing industrialization, leading to increased textile output and economic growth in 18th-century Britain.