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

Close up of Salts Mill with the railway sidings to the right of the photograph
Salts Mill with the railway sidings (1)
photograph
Close up of the mill chimney with the railway sidings in the foreground
Salts Mill with the railway sidings (2)
photograph
Joiner's shop
Joiner's shop
photograph
Close up of Salts Mill offices
The front entrance of Salts mill offices
photograph
Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop
Engineer's shop (1)
photograph
Photograph shows a man wearing a light coloured jacket standing in front of the steam turbine
Steam turbine (5)
photograph
Photograph shows a close up of the steam turbine named 'Mary' after Sir James Roberts' granddaughter
Steam turbine (4)
photograph
Photograph shows interior of a combing shed
Gill box in combing
photograph
Photograph shows a room containing 5 circular noble combing machines in combing shed producing wool tops
Noble combing (3)
photograph
Photograph shows a number of nip combing machines driven by overhead belts in combing shed.
Nip combing
photograph
Close up of drawing room machinery
Cone drawing
photograph
Photograph of a room of carding machines
Carding (5)
photograph
Photograph shows a closeup of a noble comb at work
Noble combing (1)
photograph
Close up of a carding machine
Carding (4)
photograph
Close up of noble comb machinery
Noble combing (2)
photograph
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
document
A close up of spinning machinery
Spinning 1
photograph
Close up of a double can gill box
Gill Box
photograph
Original Sale catalogue for Milner Field
Sale catalogue for Milner Field
document
Titus Salts Jnr
The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Limited (Rhea Co; Tenn; U.S.A.) Certificate of Shares
document
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
object
Facsimile copy of 'Household Words' (Nov
The Great Yorkshire Llama
document
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
document
Silk scarf printed with 'Yorkshire Royal Exhibition 1887 plus the Salt coat of arms
