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Plaque

Sir Richard Arkwright

Inscription

Greater London Council
Sir Richard Arkwright, 1732 - 1792, industrialist and inventor lived here.

Site: Sir Richard Arkwright (1 memorial)

WC2, Adam Street, 8

Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker

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Sir Richard Arkwright

Industrialist and inventor. From Preston. Set up a factory with a newly desi...

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Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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