Bowtell Collection
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- Bowtell Collection
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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
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B1-032/4/3a: Wool sorting (2) Photograph shows a number of men standing in front of windows sorting wool. There are a number of baskets containing fleece with one in the centre of the room piled high. To the right are a number of sacks with two empty wicker baskets in front of them. -
B1-032/4/3b: Wool sorting (2) Photograph shows a number of men standing by windows wool sorting. To the rear of the photograph are two men holding hand trolleys. There are a number of wicker baskets and sacks containing fleece. -
B1-032/4/4: Wool scouring Room containing wool scouring machinery. A man is sitting on a small step ladder at the front of the photograph. To the rear are three men standing in front of machinery. -
B1-032/4/5: Wool washing Photograph shows a room filled with wool washing machinery. A chain hangs down on the left hand side of the image. Some fleece has been added to the machine with a basket positioned below. -
B1-032/4/6: Yarn scouring A close up of a yarn scouring machine, with seven rollers at the top. -
B1-032/4/7: Carding (1) Hopper Feed on right of photo full of scoured wool going into the carding engine -
B1-032/4/8: Carding (2) photograph shows the doffing end of worsted carding engine. A smaller machine is visible to the left. -
B1-032/4/9: Carding (3) Room containing 3 carding machines in combing shed. Doffing (delivery end) of card. -
B1-032/5/1: Salts Mill offices from the steps Photograph shows the steps in the foreground with a lamp on the top of the steps. Trees are behind the steps. Salts Mill offices are to the right of the photograph -
B1-032/5/10: Workers walking up Victoria Road (c 1920s) (1) A number of children can be seen in the front of the photograph. Very few of the faces can be clearly seen. A sign to the right says 'Anniversary Rev William Paxton' -
B1-032/5/11: Workers walking up Victoria Road (c.1920s) Slightly more distant photograph of workers walking up Victoria Road. Children can be seen in the front left of the picture. A clearer sign saying 'Anniversary Rev William Paxton. Oliver A Thornton' is visible -
B1-032/5/12: Salts Mill Dining Room, Victoria Road (1) A close up of the entrance to Salts Mill dining room. Two young men are visible in the doorway. A railway motice board is visible to the left with a notice saying 'Earlier holidays' -
B1-032/5/13: Salts Mill Dining Room, Victoria Road (2) A close up of the Salts Mill dining room taken from the right hand side. -
B1-032/5/14: Salts Mill :Volume Five : Collections of photographs of Saltaire Mill Canal barges by the New Mill (1) -
B1-032/5/15: Canal barge by the New Mill (2) A photograph of a canal barge moored in the front of the New Mill. Two men can be seen on the barge with three others standing behind the beside it and one man leaning on the railings. -
B1-032/5/16: Steam turbine (1) Steam turbine 1 is to the right of the photograph. A clock shows the time is 11.10am. The turbine is named after 'Mary', one of Sir james Roberts granddaughters -
B1-032/5/17: Steam turbine (2) Photograph shows a man in a light coloured jacket behind a steam turbine. He has his right arm raised. The room is highly deorated with wooden panelling. A ceiling light hangs to the right of the photograph -
B1-032/5/18: Steam turbine (3) A close up of the steam turbine 'Mary', named after Sir James Roberts' granddaughter. In the top right of the photograph is a small section of ornate wall. -
B1-032/5/19: Steam turbine (4) Photograph shows a close up of the steam turbine named 'Mary' after Sir James Roberts' granddaughter. The wall to the right is very ornately tiled. -
B1-032/5/2: The front entrance of Salts mill offices Close up of Salts Mill offices. Part of a tree can be seen in the left foreground and a sign in the window of a room to the right of the picture says 'Enquiry office'
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