Fifty years ago, a young, posh, boarding school-educated photographer called Daniel Meadows went to Lancashire intent of capturing the last breaths of a dying industry. But while he was there, he ...

The steam engine designed by Scottish engineer ... A photograph from 1910 showing child labour in cotton mills in Georgia, USA. Children were a cheap source of labour in textile factories ...

As mills sought the most efficient way to maximize their limited access to water, owners adopted steam engines more rapidly ... historical context of the cotton industry boom." ...

One of the latest additions to the museum is this 250-horsepower steam engine that was operated at Kahuku Sugar Mill on Oahu from 1896 until its closure in 1971. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER ...