Knockando, Woollen Mill, Machinery
Date 2013
Event ID 1115767
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
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Machinery at Knockando’s Woolmill:
Machines presented by Hugh Jones, weaver. He has always known the machines since he arrived. As a group, the machinery has been here for at least 120 years.
Carding set:
The carding set dates for the main part from the 1880-1890’s, except for the automatic feed (1919) and the last part (1872).
Hopper: 1919
Patent automatic feeding machine co. LTD Rochdale.
Scribbler: c.1880’s
The mention "RHS1" is written on the frame of the first set of rollers.
Spinning department:
Self-acting mule: 1870. Platt Brothers &Co Limited.
Weaving department:
Dubcross industrial weaving loom: 1899. Hutchinson, Hollingworth & Co (Lancashire). It weighs two and a half tons. It was one of the most successful weaving looms of the time.
Information gathered by Survey and Recording Section (M McDonald), Architecture and Industry, Heritage Directorate, HES, 2013.