Bowtell Collection

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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.
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  • B1-032/5/39: Old workroom with machinery (2)
    Colour photograph taken after the closure of the mill. Machinery is piled together at the front of the photograph. It shows a pattern loom with a Jacquard attachment.
  • B1-032/5/4: Salts Mill offices and Mill from the railway bridge (2)
    Salts Mill can be seen on the right half of the photograph with a partial view of Salts Mill offices. A street lamp can be seen in the centre of the picture
  • B1-032/5/40: Empty room with columns (2)
    Colour photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with columns. To the top of the photograph is an orange beam.
  • B1-032/5/41: Empty room with V roof and columns
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with two columns, two black doors at the rear and a noticeboard with notices to the rear right. There are three windows to the left.
  • B1-032/5/42: Covered area between buildings
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows a covered passage connecting the original mill building (left) with an extension building (right). There are some red fire buckets on the left wall, a slope leading to the building on the left, a bench in the middle and piles of wood to the right.
  • B1-032/5/43: Long room with columns (1)
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down showing an empty room with columns to the right
  • B1-032/5/44: Empty room with old equipment
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. Photograph shows dark coloured machinery to the left, centre and right. A chord hangs down from the ceiling to the floor. A brown trolley containing some white paper/cloth is in the middle with an empty chair to the right.
  • B1-032/5/45: Basement passageway
    The photograph was taken after the mill had closed down. It shows a passageway with brown coloured doors and pipes along the ceiling.
  • B1-032/5/46: Empty room with old machinery (1)
    Original photograph taken after the mill had closed down. A very dark photograph showing machinery along the right hand side of the room with two rows of white lights suspended from the ceiling.
  • B1-032/5/47: Empty room with old machinery (2)
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. To the rear of the photograph is a wooden glazed office type building . In the front are three wheeled trolleys. A metal machine is to the right of the picture with a set of wooden steps in front of it.
  • B1-032/5/48: Empty room with old machinery (3)
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. The left hand side shows machinery with some dark coloured cloth hanging over the side of the first machine. Two blue boxes are at the rear of the picture. A wooden pallet is to the right of the first machine.
  • B1-032/5/49: Wide room with v shaped roof
    Coloured 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 the rear.
  • B1-032/5/50: Long room with columns (2)
    Original coloured 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.
  • B1-032/5/51: Empty room with baskets
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with a glazed roof. Some large baskets with 'Salts Saltaire' are in the foreground. A man wearing a blue top and pushing a trolley is at the rear of the picture.
  • B1-032/5/52: Empty room with baskets (2)
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows a close up of the 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
  • B1-032/5/53: Empty room with columns and table
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with columns and tables. A blue coloured wall is to the right of the photograph.
  • B1-032/5/54: Wide room with columns
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows an empty room with columns, a blue door at the rear of the room and a room to the left with six square windows.
  • B1-032/5/55: Empty room with benches (2)
    Coloured photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows a close up of a white bench with eight plug sockets and five overhead lights
  • B1-032/5/56: Empty room with columns and benches
    Colour photograph taken after the mill had closed down. It shows a number of tables gathered together at the rear of the room. A white coloured table is in front of the group with an upside down brown table in front of that.
  • B1-032/5/57: Aerial views of Saltaire Mill as prints (1)
    Print shows an aerial view of Saltaire Mill together with the railway sidings. There are four vehicles shown on the left side of the print.