Northrop battery, Draper Co.

Negative no.A1005. 1891-1895. Image depicts a Northrop battery attached to a loom manufactured by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. A battery is a mechanism found on single box automatic looms. The battery holds a plentiful supply of filling bobbins and transfers them, one at a time, to the shuttle as the need arises. A shuttle has been placed on the cloth being woven on the loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms including the Northrop loom. Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. was based in Fall River. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 1005 for print of this negative.