ISBN10: 1859360963, ISBN13: 9781859360965, [publisher: Carnegie Publishing, Lancaster] Softcover SUBTITLED : ` The Power Behind the Thread '. Prior to 1836, the hand loom industry was extensive. By 1841 steam powered looms were beginning to take hold of the industry. Read more about : Ribble flour mills, Cotton's Golden Autumn, superheated steam, hand-gearing, Manland Estate, Lutwidge Mill, Mary Margerison, and Fylde Road. You could think of these 200 pages - INDEX at back - as industrial archaeology. It is a very detailed examination with plant lay-out diagrams, maps, and b/w photographs - both current and archival. Cond : Paper wrapper is white wth blue lettering. Cover shot is of the interior of a boiler room. Volume in all senses bright and CRISP. No names. Clean. Collectible !! QUote (p. 132) : " Building construction was well under way by 1902 at what was termed the West End, that is where the mill block had been and where the boiler house with boilers and economisers would be spared demolition. Salmon Street was diverted in 1903 on account of ._._._. . " Size: 4to
[Linden, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 2002]
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