Hank Winding Machine

Made:
1897 in Oldham
maker:
Platt Brothers and Company Limited

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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
Measurements:
Overall: 1140 mm x 830 mm x 1400 mm,
type:
hank winding machine