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This item is in the collection Queen Street Mill in Harle Syke, a suburb to the north-east of Burnley, Lancashire. The mill was built in 1894 for the Queen Street Manufacturing Company. It closed on 12 March 1982 and was mothballed, but was subsequently taken over by Burnley Borough Council and used as a museum. In the 1990s ownership passed to Lancashire Museums. Unique in being the world's only surviving steam-driven weaving shed. Lupton Brothers temple on a 32in overpick 175ppm Butterworth & Dickinson loom with a single six shuttle cylindrical shuttle box which enables it to weave coloured stripes across the cloth. It was limited to double picks. Above is a 16 shaft dobby to weave complex patterns with the warp. |
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