View from NE showing ESE front

Description View from NE showing ESE front

Date 3/1969

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 699172

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Reed & Heddle Factory, Nos 105-11 John Street, Glasgow This works was established in 1866-67 by James Neilson & Son, reed makers. In 1872 the firm was known as the Patent Heddle Co, and was making heddles and reeds, and was also doubling cotton yarn, probably to make the heddles. This shows the frontage of the works to John Street, faced with sandstone ashlar. The extensive glazing hints at the fact the reed and heddle making were essentially hand crafts, requiring good natural light. In the early 1960s it was used as staff accommodation for the University of Strathclyde. Reeds and heddles are parts of looms, Reeds are frames of parallel strips of stiff material between individual warp (longitudinal) threads pass, and are used after each pass of the shuttle to ensure even spacing of the warp (cross) threads. Heddles are frames used to raise and lower groups of warp threads. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/18/6

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/699172

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