Strutt and another spinner, Samuel Need, were introduced to Richard Arkwright who had arrived in Nottingham in about 1768, and set up his spinning frame there using horse-power to run the mill, but this was an unsatisfactory power source.
Derwent Valley Mills (česky: Továrny údolí Derwentu) je lokalita v údolí Derwentu v hrabství Derbyshire v Anglii, která byl v prosinci 2001 prohlášena za světové dědictví Unesco.