Items
Subject is exactly
Mill machinery and processes
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2018.58: Photograph of disused liftA card folder containing a photograph of a disused lift. There are metal concertina doors with various pieces of wood and electrial wiring visible.
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2019.4.13: Burling IronBurling Iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
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2019.4.14: Burling IronA burling iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
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2019.6.1: Reed BrushReed Brush with wooden handle.
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2019.6.3: Wooden wall / table cloth measureWooden wall / table cloth measure.
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2019.7.1: ShuttleShuttle used in the textile manufacture.
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2019.7.2: ShuttleShuttle used in the textile manufacture.
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2020.2.10: The Worsted Overlooker's HandbookThis copy of 'The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook'. shows calculations, rules and tables useful for a worsted overlooker. It has details about Warping, Spinning, Yarns and Weft. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'William Gale, Burnside MIll (Swan Hotel), Addingham. Nov. 8th 1905'. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
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2020.2.11: Handy ReckonerThis copy of the 'Handy Reckoner' Contains 'Tables of Interest, Income and wages calculations. Percentage tables for profits and discount. Tables of Interest, comparative weights of materials. Tables to calculate wages based on hours worked. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
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2020.2.13: Notebook used for technical detailsSmall paper notebook. Used to make notes regarding textile technical details. Probably copied from a published technical book. Aslo probably used as an aide-memoir diary for some of his work. References to: twists, pulley, cylinders, Knob Yarn, Loop Yarn, Spiral Yarn, Flake Yarn. Changing wheel dimensions etc.
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2020.2.16: School exercise book for Textile department for 1912-1913 sessionShipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1912-1913' 'Subject: 3rd Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Textile Fabrics, Mineral Fibres, Sketches of rollers, physical properties of wool and other materials, Sketches of machines to clean and wash wool. How different countries climates etc. produce different wools. The quality and use of wools. Sketch maps of the different sheep in different countries, and the different yarns from sheep. Trade terms and names, wool values. 'Gret details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production.'
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2020.2.17: School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 sessionShipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1913-1914' 'Subject: 4th Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Woollen and Worsted Threads, Carding, Diagrams of spindles and cards in machines, Worsted carding engine details, How to prepare machines to put wool in, How to wash and clean machines, Types of combs to use in machines, Sketch drawings of different textile equipment. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
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2020.2.18: School exercise book for Textile department 1914-15 sessionShipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1914-1915' 'Subject: Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Drawing, afirst operation after Combing, Extensive notes and drawings of textile machines and parts, Details of production of fine mohair, alpaca and camel hair, and cashmire yarns. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
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2022.17: Retrospect - J. Parkinson and SonRetrospect - J. Parkinson and Son by Ernest Parkinson - A history of the Shipley Engineering firm starting in 1893
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2022.7: Scribbling and Carding
A book on the technical aspects of Scribbling and Carding by G.R. Smith. Stamped inside with 'Stuart Bros Ltd, Ashley Mills, Shipley'. Includes text and black and white illustrations. -
2024.43: On Tenterhooks
Paperback book with full title 'On Tenterhooks - a compendium of textile words, terms and expressions'. Compiled by Eugene Nicholson. A glosary of words, terms and expressions used in the British textile undustry. -
2024.56.1: A weaver loads a pirn of weft thread into a shuttle, 1940s
Picture of a room in a mill containing several machines. A woman is stood at a machine loading a shuttle. -
2024.63: Saltaire, publications on etcAlbum with plastic pockets containing miscellaneous images and loose items. Contains 26 images in the pockets with 4 loose items. Images are a mixture of buildings, people, Salt family and mill and 2 images of Compound Engines at Salts Mill together with images of the railway station. Loose items include: poster from The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury October 19th 1956 titled 'Salts Saltaire Ltd, Saltaire a guide by D Larvin'; a photograph of Titus Salt House Sailors Children's Society 1966; and an envelope containing a black and white image of Saltaire and farmland.
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B1-032/3/1: Carding 1
Small machine in left foreground together with carding engines in shed -
B1-032/3/10: Burling and mending
Photograph shows a number of burling and mending tables with a large pile of grey pieces (unfinished cloth) in the foreground. The shed is decorated with bunting and decorations