Intermediate Frame
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LicenseIntermediate frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co
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Intermediate frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co
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Intermediate frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1907, and used at Roy 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:
- Y1981.39
- Materials:
- cast iron
- Measurements:
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Overall: 1828 mm x 914 mm x 4875 mm,
- type:
- intermediate frame
- credit:
- Gift of Shiloh Spinners Ltd
