Work & Industry
Mill operations, workers, and the textile trade
462 items in the archive

Hopper Feed on right of photo full of scoured wool going into the carding engine
Carding (1)
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Photograph shows piles of cloth both packed and unpacked
Packing and despatch (2)
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Photograph shows a number of men packing yarn
Packing and despatch (1)
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Photograph shows the finishing room with two men holding a length of white cloth
Finishing and washing
photograph
Photograph shows New Mill
Dyeing (1)
photograph
Photograph shows a number of burling and mending tables with a large pile of grey pieces (unfinished cloth) in the foreground
Burling and mending
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Photograph shows finishing machinery
Finishing
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Photograph shows weaving shed from above
Weaving 3
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Photograph shows a weaving room full of weaving machinery
Weaving 2
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Photograph shows part of a weaving shed with lots of lampshades hanging above the machinery
Weaving 1
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Photograph shows a section of a warping room with 7 people working at the machinery
Warping 1
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Photograph shows twisting machinery
Ring twisting
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Photograph shows the full length of the spinning room with spinning machinery
Spinning 3
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Close up of Salts Mill offices
The front entrance of Salts mill offices
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Photograph shows a room filled with wool washing machinery
Wool washing
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Photograph shows close ups of four workers standing among machines
Hank winding
photograph
A close up of a yarn scouring machine, with seven rollers at the top.
Yarn scouring
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Photograph shows eleven men standing in front of windows woolsorting
Woolsorting (1)
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Photograph shows warping machinery
Warping 2
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Photograph shows a weaving shed covered in bunting
Weaving (4)
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Close up of a weaving machine with dark coloured cloth and dark coloured yarn on bobbins on the right hand side of the machine
Weaving (5)
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The photograph shows a male worker standing to the left of the picture behind a table piled with two different types of coloured cloth
Dyeing (2)
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Room containing wool scouring machinery
Wool scouring
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Photograph shows a man in a light coloured jacket behind a steam turbine
