Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Water frame, water powered spinning machine made by Richard Arkwright, Cromford, c.1775, and used at the Arkwright Mills at Matlock Bath.

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Model, scale 1:3, of a power loom for simple plain weaving made by Messrs. Sevill and Woolstenhulme, Oldham, Manchester, England, 1857. This loom gives the most elementary kind of weaving in which weft crosses over and under the warps alternately and was the type used extensively for calico weaving. There is an arrangement for stopping the loom automatically if the shuttle does not reach its box after each pick, and if the weft should break then a weft fork device which is normally balanced to rest on the unbroken thread falls and operates cut off machinery to stop the loom.

Spinning mule

Textile Industry

1927

Self acting spinning mule, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1927 and used at Elk Mill in Oldham until September 1974 when mule spinning operations there ceased.

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

Road Transport

1905

10 hp two-cylinder Rolls-Royce motor car, Reg. No. AX148; Chassis No. 20162; produced by Royce Ltd., Cooke Street, Hulme, Manchester, 1905.

Replica of the 'Baby' or SSEM computer

Computing & Data Processing

1998

Replica of the 'Baby' or SSEM computer, built by the Computer Conservation Society in 1998. The original 'Baby' was the world's first stored-program computer and ran its first program on 21 June 1948.

Model of a Fourdrinier-type papermaking machine made by Bertrams Sciennes Ltd

Papermaking

c1935

Model of a Fourdrinier-type papermaking machine made by Bertrams Sciennes Ltd, Edinburgh. On this machine, pulp or stuff passes through a rotary strainer before flowing over the brest box and onto the moving wire gauze. The wire is shaken from side to side to help interlock the fibres. The water drains out through the wire gauze as it passes over the rollers and more is drawn out by a vacuum suction box. At the end of the wire the wet sheet of paper is pressed and transferred to a moving felt blanket. This passes under a heavy marble roller to press the paper again. From this press the paper is transferred to another felt blanket and passed over cylinders filled with steam to dry it. To give a smooth finish, the paper may be passed through Calendar rolls before being reeled up.

'Bob the Builder' animation set

Creative Industries

Set complete with houses used in the filming of 'Bob the Builder'.

Keracolor Sphere TV set

Television

1970

Keracolor Sphere TV set, made in 1970 by Group Systems (Keracolor) Ltd, Northwich, with associated archive material.

Bioscope 35-mm cine-projector

Cinematography

c.1900

Bioscope 35-mm cine-projector, made by Aubrey Franks, Manchester, c.1900.

Bakelite Type 232 telephone with Type 26 bellset and fuse

Telecommunications

c.1934

Bakelite Type 232 telephone with Type 26 bellset and fuse, made in c.1934 and used in Horwich.

'Bass' tool bag

Telecommunications

'Bass' tool bag, used to hoist tools and fittings up telephone poles.

Jacquard hand loom

Textile Industry

c. 1910

Jacquard hand loom, made by W. Archer, Bolton, around 1910.

Cotton bale breaker

Textile Industry

1911

Cotton bale breaker, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1911 and used in the Textile Technology Department at UMIST.

Crystal radio receiver

Radio Communication

c.1923

'Goltone' crystal radio receiver, made by Ward & Goldstone Ltd, Salford, c.1923.

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

Ribbon loom, made by T. F. Wilkinson & Co. Ltd, Coventry, c.1900. Fitted on the top with Jacquard head made by J. McMurdo Ltd, Manchester. Used at Cash's ribbon manufacturers in Coventry.

'Leesona' pirn winder

Textile Industry

'Leesona' pirn winder, made by the Universal Winding Co., Boston, USA.

Flip-phone, made by Ferranti GTE Ltd

Telecommunications

c.1981

Flip-phone, made by Ferranti GTE Ltd, c.1981.

Model SF 1100 fax machine

Telecommunications

c.1990

Model SF 1100 fax machine, made by Samsung, c.1990.

Carding engine

Textile Industry

Carding engine, designed by Richard Arkwright and used at Cromford Mill, Derbyshire, around 1800.

System 2000 video recorder made by Grundig

Cinematography

c.1980

System 2000 video recorder made by Grundig, Federal Republic of Germany, c.1980

Ericofon telephone

Telecommunications

c.1980

Ericofon Model 600 Type SR1007B telephone, made by Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson, Sweden, c.1980.

Treadle printing press

Printing & Writing

'Triumph' treadle-operated printing press, made by T. C. Thompson & Son Ltd.

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

Architecht's model of S & J Watts' warehouse, made around 1850.

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Lancashire loom, made by J. & R. Shorrock, Darwen, c.1880, and used at Pennington Mill, Leigh.

Mule cops

Textile Industry

around 1960

Cops of spun cotton yarn made on a spinning mule, around 1960.

Telephone exchange master clock

Telecommunications

1958

Telephone exchange master clock, made by Gents of Leicester, 1958.

Monopoly board game

Television

2000

'Coronation Street' Monopoly game, produced in 2000 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show.

Five wooden molecular model balls

Scientific Instruments & Research

c. 1810

Molecular model formed of five wooden balls, made by Peter Ewart of Manchester, c.1810, and used by John Dalton for demonstrating his atomic theory, c, 1810-1842.

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Braiding machine made around 1900, used at Croft Mill, Manchester.

Weld Dye Sample

Industrial Chemistry

Weld dye sample.

Wire recorder made by Webster Chicago Corporation

Sound Reproduction

c.1950

Wire recorder made by Webster Chicago Corporation, Chicago, c.1950.

Dansette radiogram

Radio Communication

Dansette radiogram

Audiopak tape cartridge

Radio Communication

Audiopak tape cartridge, made in the USA.

Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

Textile Industry

1880-1940

Hand held wooden brush, used for sweeping cotton dust from machines and floors in a textile mill.

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Millwright's measuring tool, made by W. Wright, Manchester, around 1790.

Dextralog selector box

Textile Industry

1975

Selector box made by Dextralog, around 1975, attached to textile looms by sensor leads.

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Drawing frame, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1901, and used at Brooklands Mill, Leigh.

Type C crystal radio receiver

Radio Communication

c.1925

Type C crystal radio receiver, made by British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd, Rugby, c.1925.

Hand painted Indian cotton fabric

Textile Industry

1700-1800

Hand painted cotton fabric sample known as a palampore, made in India around 1700-1800, for export to Europe.

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

Textile Industry

1889

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd, Oldham, 1889, and used at Bank Top Mill, Oldham.

Black-and-white television made by Murphy Radio Ltd

Television

c.1968

Black-and-white television made by Murphy Radio Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, c.1968.

Tube Cube television

Television

c.1980

Tube Cube television, made by Pye Ltd, Cambridge, c.1980.

Uher Portable Tape Recorder

Radio Communication

c.1970

Portable tape recorder, made by Uher, Munich, West Germany, c.1970.

Hand-operated lithographic printing press made by Alex Seggie of Edinburgh

Printing & Writing

1871

Hand-operated lithographic printing press made by Alex Seggie of Edinburgh, 1871.

Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra 7-inch vinyl single

Radio Communication

1972

A Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra 7-inch vinyl single, 1972, used at BBC Radio Manchester

22 volt ringing generator

Telecommunications

1896

22 volt ringing generator made by the Lancashire Dynamo & Motor Co. Ltd in 1896.

BBC Pen

Radio Communication

BBC GMR pen.

S. G. Brown radio headphones

Radio Communication

c.1935

Radio headphones, made by S. G. Brown Ltd, London, c.1935.

Empire Melody Maker Radio

Radio Communication

c.1930

Empire Melody Maker Mains model no. 25 four-valve radio, made by A. C. Cossor Ltd, c.1930 and sold in kit form.

Mufax Courier transmitter

Photographic Technology

1975

Mufax Courier transmitter, made by Muirhead & Co. Ltd, c.1975.