Roving frame
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LicenseRoving frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co
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Roving frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Roving frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1927, and used at Elk Mill, Royton.
This machine stretched and thinned the cotton ready for spinning. Leather belts, transferring power from the mill’s steam engine, drove the machinery. By the 1920s mill owners started to use electricity supplied by new, coal fired power stations.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y1974.62
- Materials:
- iron
- Measurements:
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Overall: 2438 mm x 914 mm x 3207 mm,
- type:
- roving frame
- credit:
- Gift of Shiloh Spinners Ltd
