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Cop-reel hank-winding machine, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1897.
This machine wound yarn in to ‘hanks’, ready to be dipped in dye. Weavers needed coloured yarn to make patterned cloth. Manchester’s scientists and entrepreneurs built a booming chemical industry, supplying coloured dyes to the textiles trade.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y6000.425
- Materials:
- iron
- Measurements:
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Overall: 1140 mm x 830 mm x 1400 mm,
- type:
- hank winding machine
- credit:
- Purchased From Oldham College of Technology
