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In my earlier upload I showed the exterior and view of the "Red House" in Monschau, which was the ancestral home of the Scheibler family. In 1855 Scheibler founded a spinning mill with 34 frames and a steam engine of 40 horsepower. In 1857 Scheibler employed 180 labourers and earned a turnover of 305.100 Ruble in 1860. Scheibler made large profit after the cotton prices in Europe increased because of the American Civil War and sold his stock at triple the price,he became known as the "King of the Cotton and Linen Empires of Łódź". In 1870 1,911 employees worked in his factory, which was the third largest (9.3 percent) cotton producer of Poland. Well, here is an example of where that money went. Would you like to see some more?