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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of slubbing-billy. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Slubbing Billy, Woolen Mill, Islay. Sketch details'.
SC 346277
Description Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of slubbing-billy. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Slubbing Billy, Woolen Mill, Islay. Sketch details'.
Catalogue Number SC 346277
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 10665
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.
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