File:QSMM Butterworth & Dickinson Loom 2678.JPG
Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 240 pixels | 640 × 480 pixels | 1,024 × 768 pixels | 1,280 × 960 pixels | 2,560 × 1,920 pixels | 3,264 × 2,448 pixels.
Original file (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 3.62 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary edit
| Description |
This item is in the collectionQueen 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. 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. |
|||||||||
| Date | ||||||||||
| Source | Own work | |||||||||
| Author | Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. | |||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
|
| Camera location |  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
Licensing edit
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:
|
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
You may select the license of your choice.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 16:53, 23 May 2013 | | 3,264 × 2,448 (3.62 MB) | ClemRutter (talk | contribs) |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
