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B1-032/4/36: Dyeing (2) The photograph shows a male worker standing to the left of the picture behind a table piled with two different types of coloured cloth. A piece of cloth is suspended over his head. A group of men are in the background -
B1-032/4/37: Finishing and washing Photograph shows the finishing room with two men holding a length of white cloth. There is another pile of white cloth to the left of the photograph. To the right is a truck containing coloured cloth with a step ladder behind it -
B1-032/4/38: Packing and despatch (1) Photograph shows a number of men packing yarn. There is a man in the centre of the photograph with his foot on a wheeled trolley with two bales of yarn in front. Behind him are two men leaning on a crate. To the left of the photo is a suited man watching the proceedings. He is standing beneath a clock. -
B1-032/4/39: Packing and despatch (2) Photograph shows piles of cloth both packed and unpacked. There are six packages to the left of the photograph with six piles of unwrapped cloth in the middle. A man stands to the left of some hats and coats with 3 dark suited men behind him and another man behind a table holding some cloth. -
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. -
B1-032/5/16: 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. -
B1-032/5/20: Steam turbine (5) Photograph shows a man wearing a light coloured jacket standing in front of the steam turbine -
B1-032/5/21: Turbine house Photograph shows switchgear down the left handside with a man standing at the rear with his right arm raised. The switchgear is in the turbine house in the centre of the spinning block -
B1-032/5/22: Engineer's shop (1) Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop. 8 men are shown in the background. The foreground shows a pile of wheels on the floor. -
B1-032/5/23: Engineer's shop (2) Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop. There are machines to the left with 3 piles of wheels in the middle. To the right of the picture are 2 wheels leaning against a machine -
B1-032/5/24: Engineer's shop (3) Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop. A man stands in the centre of the photograph facing the camera. A group of men stand to the left working at a bench. To the right are four wheels standing against two cupboards together with two hats and coats -
B1-032/5/25: Joiner's shop Joiner's shop
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