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Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge - PNH01948
This is a drying machine. After cloth was dyed or washed, it passed through this machine which consisted of cylinders, which were about 1.5 meters long and made of copper or brass. The cylinders were heated by steam and rotated thus drying the…
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. - MOT00279
Brisbane Moss Corduroys: Dyers and Finishers of velvets, velveteens, cords and suedettes, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. Cutting velveteens at Moss Bros, around 1900.
Mill interior - PNH00219
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Mill Interior - PNH00218
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Mill Interior - PNH00216
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Cord Cutting Machine - RUD00136
From a stereographic photograph.
Outside Holme End Works, Hawksclough - ALC00211
The mill was occupied by the Calder Valley Engineering Company, owned by James Maud of Maud's Clog Soles.
Printing the Todmorden News in the 1950s - MOT00107
In the 1950s the News and Advertiser under the editorship of Sam Tonkiss was printed on the hot metal press shown in the photograph above - all this was soon to change, as other pictures indicate.
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00323
This decorated cart has been prepared for a procession, under the eye of Mr William Sutcliffe, of Lowerlaithe.
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses,…
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses,…
Lord Bros. Engineering Workshop - MOT00299
A view across the engineering workshop.
This photograph shows three Earnshaw brothers, all of whom worked in engineering since leaving school. John and Edgar were killed in the First World War. William, the eldest (shown on the extreme left), taught…
This photograph shows three Earnshaw brothers, all of whom worked in engineering since leaving school. John and Edgar were killed in the First World War. William, the eldest (shown on the extreme left), taught…
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00105
Thwaite and Dobson, Cinderhill Mill, Castle Street, Todmorden - advertisement.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00104
William Mitchell;, Todmorden, catalogue advertisement.
Walton's Picker Works - MOT00219
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00186
The horizontal cross compound steam engine, installed in 1896, was capable of driving up to 900 bhp and powered the whole of the factory by a rope pulley system.
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00185
Carson Whiteside, Chief Engineer. In 1959 the steam engine became redundant and in 1960 it was dismantled by a small gang headed by Corson Whiteside, the chief engineer. The flywheel was 20 ft in diameter and each spoke weighed over 19 cwt.
Sewing Room, Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1914 - CWS00165
Sewing, hand finishing and stitching off.
Cutting Cord Pile, Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1914. - CWS00163
Using the Netherwood Cutting Machine
Scouring & Dyeing, Nutclough Mill, c1914 - CWS00160
Scouring is taking place in the foreground, with the dyeing jigs behind.