Clarence Mill
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Clarence Mill is a five-storey former cotton spinning mill in Bollington, Cheshire, in England. It was built between 1834 and 1877 for the Swindells family of Bollington. It was built alongside the Ma
The mill in 2007
Hermann Sondermann Familie mit Frau am Spinnrad detail
Cotton-spinning machinery
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Cotton-spinning machinery is machines which process prepared cotton roving into workable yarn or thread. Such machinery can be dated back centuries. During the 18th and 19th centuries, as part of the
Platt's roving frame, c. 1858.
Old advertising display of items used in cotton textile manufacture during the industrial revolution
A fully restored & working mule at the Quarry Bank Mill, UK.
Modern ring spinning frame 1 Draughting rollers 2 Spindle 3 Attenuated roving 4 Thread guides 5 Anti-ballooning ring 6 Traveller 7 Rings 8 Thread on bobbin