Cotton mill

Driving through New Bedford along Route 195, it’s hard not to notice the long red brick buildings on either side of the highway. These are the old textile…

Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley: See 220 reviews, articles, and 60 photos of Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, ranked No.1 on TripAdvisor among 29 attractions in Burnley.

During the 1930's, Harold Costain visited the Esmond Textile mills in Esmond, Rhode Island on assignment to photograph a purportedly thriving American textile ...

These are some photographs of places and people in Massachusetts in 1916.

Cotton worker Mrs Bannister carries 14 large bobbins (13 in one arm and 1 in the other hand!) from the "intermediate to the roving frames" at a cotton mill, somewhere in Lancashire.

Working girl, circa 1900's

The following pictures are taken from J. White, The Limits of Trade Union Militancy: The Lancashire Textile Workers, 1910-1914 (London: Greenwoodpress, 1978) and are the work of the author.

Original Caption: One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mill. She was 51 inches high. Has been in the mill one year. Sometimes works at night. Runs 4 sides - 48 [cents] a day. When asked how old she was, she hesitated, then said, I don't remember, then confidentially, I'm not old enough to work, but do just the same. Out of 50 employees, ten children about her size. Whitnel, N.C, December 1908 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 102-LH-462 Photographer: Hine, Lewis Subjects: Child…

In August 2023, Italy's industrial production rose by 0.2 per cent MoM, with a 0.4 per cent three-month average increase. However, the index dropped by 4.2 per cent year-on-year. The textile and apparel sector saw a significant 12.8 per cent YoY decline. The unadjusted industrial production index recorded a decline of 4.1 per cent compared to August 2022.

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The Lancashire cotton industry owes it existence mainly to the engineers who evolved the ingenious machines that carry out the complicated operations of spinning and weaving formerly done by hand

Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be established in Bombay, India on 7 July 1854 at Tardeo by Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar (1815-73) and his associates.

While the west was being settled, large factories sprang up back east that gave many women new opportunities. Women who worked in textile mills were called “Mill Girls.” However don’t the term fool you. The employable age was between 14 to 35 years old. And rule #1 was that they be single women. One ... Read more

My great-grandfather, James Lawson, was part of the British workforce in 1911.

Two employees of the Hess Cooperage, working at machines that are milling oak lumber into staves for barrels.

A selection of photographs from inside Folkerton Mill. There are some great pictures inside the Mill, the wooden Dutch Barn, the courtyard and the gardens. Pictures show these areas set up for real weddings. The pictures really convey the authentically rustic style of the wedding venue. Where applicable the photographs have been credited to specific wedding photographers.

These 23 vintage photos give a rare glimpse into the history of South Carolina textile mills in the 1900s.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/audio/sugar-cane-mill.mp3 A design for a mill to grind and refine sugar (a highly important commodity in the Georgian period), John Fleming 1773-1776 (C 73/15 m.21(2))