Day at a Cotton-Factory
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A Penny Magazine supplement describing the British cotton manufacture around Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Hyde and Stockport, with its history, geography and trade organization. It then walks through a large steam-powered cotton factory, floor by floor, covering the preparation, carding, roving and spinning processes (Hargreaves, Arkwright) and the power-loom weaving room. Illustrated with engravings of power looms, a can-roving frame and a carding engine.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- June 1843
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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