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John Kennedy (manufacturer)

John Kennedy
Born4 July 1769
Died30 October 1855 (1855-10-31) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Engineer
Textile machine maker
Cotton spinner
Textile industrialist
Known forThe Jack Frame[3]
Double Speed spinning machinery
Sedgewick Mill
Rainhill locomotive trials

John Kennedy (4 July 1769 – 30 October 1855) was a Scottish textile industrialist in Manchester.

  1. ^ "John Kennedy". National Portrait Gallery. National Portrait Gallery, London. 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ "John Kennedy, Scottish cotton spinner and textile machine maker, c 1835". Diomedia. Diosphere Ltd t/a Diomedia. 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ Gordon, W. J. "The London North Western". Our Home Railways, How They Began and How They Are Worked (Printed by Morrison " Gibb Limited Edinburgh Copyright (Entered at Stationers' Hall) ed.). London: Forgotten Books. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2016. John Kennedy, the inventor of the jack frame and many other items in cotton-spinning machinery.

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