Larkhall, Avonbank Bleach and Dye Works; Interior View of beetling machine mechanism
SC 614827
Description Larkhall, Avonbank Bleach and Dye Works; Interior View of beetling machine mechanism
Date 1968
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 614827
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Beetling machines, Avonbank Bleach Works, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire Avonbank Bleach Works was converted from a distillery into a bleach works in about 1836, and remained in use until the early 1980s. It specialised in making 'Scotch Holland' dust-repellent cloth for window blinds. This shows the gearing at the end of the two rows of beetling machines in the 'old' beetling shed. The large gear wheel was originally driven by a waterwheel. The gears at the upper level drive the shafts powering individual beetling machines. Beetling was a process in which 'sized' cloth, slightly dampened, was hammered by wooden bars raised mechanically, and allowed to fall onto the cloth, which was wound on rollers. The effect was to flatten the fibres in the cloth, making it suitable for window blinds. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H68/482/1C
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