Bowtell Collection

Item set

Identifier
COL6
Title
Bowtell Collection
Description
Albert Bowtell worked in the accounts department of Salts Mill for 28 years up to its end as a textile mill in 1985. He was very interested in the history of the textiles business and gave illustrated, entertaining talks on the story of Saltaire.

Albert sadly died in 2003 but in 2007 his widow Joyce kindly donated his extensive archive of photographs, original documents, Salts-company objects and newscuttings.
Associated person or organisation
Bowtell, Albert E
Additional information
Introduction to the Bowtell Collection
Type
Collection

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  • B1-032/3/48: Top room in spinning mill (2)
    Colour portrait photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows a close up of an empty room with a glazed roof. Three wicker baskets, the first with 'Salts Saltaire' on the front, are in the middle of the floor. A man with a blue top is pushing a trolley at the rear of the photograph.
  • B1-032/3/49: Wide room with V shaped roof
    Colour photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with a glazed roof. A blue wheeled container is to the right of the picture. There is a basket to rthe rear.
  • B1-032/3/5: Combing 1 Gill Box in combing
    Photograph shows 2 workers in the middle of a combing shed. Gill Boxes in foreground.
  • B1-032/3/50: Long room with columns (2)
    Colour photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with windows down the left hand side and columns along the centre. The nearest column has a switch halfway up.
  • B1-032/3/6: Combing 2 Noble combing
    5 circular Noble Combing machines in combing shed producing wool tops. Small machine in the foreground shows a punch preparing ball tops
  • B1-032/3/7: Nip comber
    Nip comber in middle of photograph driven by overhead belts in combing shed
  • B1-032/3/8: Cone roving. Drawing room 1
    Photograph shows cone roving flyer spinners made by Prince Smith & S Fells of Keighley
  • B1-032/3/9: Gill Box. Drawing room 2
    Photograph shows a double can gill box
  • B1-032/4/1: Aerial photographs of Saltaire Mill
    Salts Saltaire Ltd giving address, telex and telephone number and registered trademark. Bottom half is an aerial photograph of Saltaire and Salts Mill.
  • B1-032/4/10: Carding (4)
    Close up of a carding machine. A retouched photograph dated August 23rd 1919 produced by WN Sharpe Ltd
  • B1-032/4/11: Carding (5)
    Photograph of a room of carding machines. A smaller machine is to the left of the photograph with rollers. A basket of fleece is to the right with a lamp hanging above it. The photograph has been retouched by WH Sharpe Ltd and is dated August 23rd 1919 and is mounted on board. On the back of the board is 'one of the carding rooms' and ' carding machinery ' written in red.
  • B1-032/4/12: Noble combing (1)
    Photograph shows a closeup of a noble comb at work. The image also shows a man to the left, a young girl in the centre and a woman to the right.
  • B1-032/4/13: Noble combing (2)
    Close up of noble comb machinery
  • B1-032/4/14: Noble combing (3)
    Photograph shows a room containing 5 circular noble combing machines in combing shed producing wool tops. Small machine in foreground shows a punch preparing ball tops.
  • B1-032/4/15: Nip combing
    Photograph shows a number of nip combing machines driven by overhead belts in combing shed.
  • B1-032/4/16: Gill box in combing
    Photograph shows interior of a combing shed. Three women are standing among machines. Gill boxes in foreground. The back of the photograph says ' A section of a combing shed'
  • B1-032/4/17: Gill Box
    Close up of a double can gill box
  • B1-032/4/18: Cone drawing
    Close up of drawing room machinery. Photograph shows cone roving flyer spinners made by Prince Smith & Sons of Keighley
  • B1-032/4/19: Spinning 1
    A close up of spinning machinery
  • B1-032/4/2: Woolsorting (1)
    Photograph shows eleven men standing in front of windows woolsorting. One man is standing by a wicker basket. There are a number of wicker baskets containing fleece.