View from NE showing NNE and ESE fronts

Description View from NE showing NNE and ESE fronts

Date 3/1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 699173

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, and to Love Loan, an ancient thoroughfare. This side elevation and the rear one to Margaret Street are of banded red and white brick, a typical 1860s design feature. 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 H35/69/18/7

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap