Day at the Yorkshire Worsted-Factories
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An 1844 Penny Magazine supplement describing the worsted manufacture of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It surveys the district's clothing towns (Bradford, Halifax, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Leeds, Rochdale, Dewsbury) and the history of the trade, then follows the processes in a large factory such as Akroyd's: wool combing, drawing into slivers, warp-scouring, drawing-in the warp, power-loom and Jacquard weaving, and Jacquard-card making. It is illustrated with engravings of the machinery and the weaving shed.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 1844
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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