Silk industry of Cheshire Peak District. Fast flowing streams forming the River Dane, River Bollin, River Dean and River Goyt provided a moist environment and potential power to drive waterwheels in mills. The coach road from Derby to Manchester passes through, or near to each of the prominent silk towns, and later in 1831 Macclesfield Canal joined Congleton, Macclesfield and Bollington to the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Midlands and the seaports. Silk is a naturally produced fibre obtained from many species of the silk moth. In 1700 the favoured silk was produced by a moth (Bombyx mori), that used it to spin
Mark Mori and received the Emmy award for Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story. "Raw Footage" was the first original series on The Independent Film Channel (IFC) hosted Alec Baldwin featuring interviews with independent film directors. Mark Mori Mark Mori is an American documentary filmmaker, television producer and screenwriter of documentary and reality television series and specials. He produced and directed, "Bettie Page Reveals All", the authorized documentary film on life of pin-up model, Bettie Page, released in 2012. Previously, Mori produced and directed "Building Bombs", Academy Award nominee for Best Feature Documentary for 1990 (DVD release by Docurama/New Video in