One of the Last Looms at Salt's Mill, Saltaire

One of the Last Looms at Salt's Mill, Saltaire

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver print entitled 'One of the Last Looms at Salt's Mill, Saltaire' by Ian Beesley. Signed in pencil on the back. Produced for the commission 'Through the Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs', 1985-1987.

In 1986, after 133 years of production, scrap metal merchants prepare to dismantle this pattern loom, one of the last in use at the mill.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/34
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 486 mm x 387 mm
image: 454 mm x 356 mm
type:
photograph and silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford