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Item 1: Crompton & Knowles tappet [cam] loom, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a Crompton & Knowles tappet loom (tappet is the British term for cam) in Lancashire, England, with a 4 by 1 shuttle box, and 40" reed space. Maker's name is clearly painted, which would place the manufacture of this loom after 1897, when the Crompton Loom Works and the Knowles Loom Works merged into Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. 10 x 15.5 cm.

Dates

  • 1965

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

1 folders

Format:

black and white photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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