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Machine Knotting (Warp Tying) at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00118
Machine manufactured by Barber-Colman
A Hopper Opener at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00117
This look like a woollen card hopper, but actually the photo was taken in the Blowing Room and shows a hopper opener, feeding a line of machines leading to the scutcher. Cotton comes in press-packed bales, and it must be loosened up or 'opened' and…
Revolving Flat Carding Engine at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00116
This is carding, the first process in the Cardroom, where the raw wool or cotton is prepared for subsequent spinning by separating the fibres to form a sliver, this is performed on a revolving flat card made by Platt Bros & Co Ltd of Oldham, the…
Cylinder Sizing Machine at Nutclough Mill, 1930 - CWS00115
The machine was manufactured by Howard & Bullough in Accrington, Lancashire. Founded in 1851, the company was a major manufacturer of power looms in the 1860s.
Winding at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00113
These machines are bobbin winding frames. The front one is probably made by Joseph Stubbs Ltd, Manchester, who specialised in winding machinery and had works at Ancoats and Openshaw. The nearest machine is 'assembly winding' ie winding two ends from…
Beaming at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00112
Winding the warp yarns, in one winding operation, onto the weaving beam.
Weaving at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00111
Ethel Crabtree at Work. On her right is a dobby, a mechanism for pattern weaving.
Westfield Shed, Mytholmroyd, 1957 - HBC01057
Cornelius Giblin, Warp Twister at Greenwood Stell & Sons Ltd.
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00514
Crabtree Bros. Drying moleskins on last day of production 17th January 1969.
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00513
Crabtree Bros. Size mixing vats on last day of production 17th January 1969.
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00512
Crabtree Bros. Size mixing vats on last day of production 17th January 1969.