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Work & Industry

Mill operations, workers, and the textile trade

462 items in the archive

Salts Mill with the railway sidings (1)

Close up of Salts Mill with the railway sidings to the right of the photograph

Salts Mill with the railway sidings (1)

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Salts Mill with the railway sidings (2)

Close up of the mill chimney with the railway sidings in the foreground

Salts Mill with the railway sidings (2)

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Joiner's shop

Joiner's shop

Joiner's shop

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The front entrance of Salts mill offices

Close up of Salts Mill offices

The front entrance of Salts mill offices

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Engineer's shop (1)

Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop

Engineer's shop (1)

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Steam turbine (5)

Photograph shows a man wearing a light coloured jacket standing in front of the steam turbine

Steam turbine (5)

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Steam turbine (4)

Photograph shows a close up of the steam turbine named 'Mary' after Sir James Roberts' granddaughter

Steam turbine (4)

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Gill box in combing

Photograph shows interior of a combing shed

Gill box in combing

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Noble combing (3)

Photograph shows a room containing 5 circular noble combing machines in combing shed producing wool tops

Noble combing (3)

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Nip combing

Photograph shows a number of nip combing machines driven by overhead belts in combing shed.

Nip combing

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Cone drawing

Close up of drawing room machinery

Cone drawing

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Carding (5)

Photograph of a room of carding machines

Carding (5)

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Noble combing (1)

Photograph shows a closeup of a noble comb at work

Noble combing (1)

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Carding (4)

Close up of a carding machine

Carding (4)

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Noble combing (2)

Close up of noble comb machinery

Noble combing (2)

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Dayton - The other town that the Salts built

Booklet giving brief history of the developments in Dayton, Tennessee where the Salt family built a large mining and processing enterprise, and an accompanying

Dayton - The other town that the Salts built

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Spinning 1

A close up of spinning machinery

Spinning 1

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Gill Box

Close up of a double can gill box

Gill Box

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Sale catalogue for Milner Field

Original Sale catalogue for Milner Field

Sale catalogue for Milner Field

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The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Limited (Rhea Co; Tenn; U.S.A.) Certificate of Shares

Titus Salts Jnr

The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Limited (Rhea Co; Tenn; U.S.A.) Certificate of Shares

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Ink pot

China inkpot with coloured stencils of a Shipley badge on one side and one of Hall Royd Methodist Church on the other side

Ink pot

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The Great Yorkshire Llama

Facsimile copy of 'Household Words' (Nov

The Great Yorkshire Llama

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Collection of deeds

A letter from the Earl of Rosse to Sir James Roberts relating to the completion of the conveyance of the farmhhouse and buildings at Hirst Farm - 26/02/1912

Collection of deeds

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Silk scarf

Silk scarf printed with 'Yorkshire Royal Exhibition 1887 plus the Salt coat of arms

Silk scarf

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