Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of slubbing-billy. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Slubbing Billy, Woolen Mill, Islay. Sketch details'.
DC 10665
Description Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of slubbing-billy. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Slubbing Billy, Woolen Mill, Islay. Sketch details'.
Date 1983
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DC 10665
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies SC 346277, SC 346278, SC 346280, SC 346281, SC 346283, SC 346284, SC 346286, A 63154 P
Scope and Content Diagrams of mechanism of slubbing-billy on first floor of woollen mill at Bridgend, Islay This slubbing-billy in the woollen mill at Bridgend may be the only one to survive in Britain. It was used to process spin partially spun wool or 'rovings' from the piecing-machine into a leaner yarn. It was similar in design to the spinning-jenny. When the faller-wire is in the 'up' position, the spindles twist the batch or 'draft' of wool, so spinning it into yarn. Next, the wire is moved to the 'down' position, guiding the yarn so that it is tightly wound onto the spindle. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Pencil, triplex
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