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New Loom Flat: View of Re-beaming Machine being operated by Colin Dent, who is using a portable knotting machine
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Warehouse (building 4): View of finished goods, including rolls of cloth (centre) and folded cloth (right) [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Twisting Department (in building 19C): view of one of two twisting machines, made by Gemmell & Dunsmore [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Old Loom Flat (building 10): interior view from S, showing building is now used as wool store [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Cloth Finishing (ground floor of building 5): detail of 'Moser' blanket finishing machine, made by the Moser Machine Company, Manchester (frame by James Tomlinson, Soho Works, Rochdale) [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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View from NW of Old Loom Flat (now Wool Store, and building 10), and to left, Yarn Washing and Drying Department, with Cloth Finishing Department on upper floor (building 5) [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Copy of itemised site plan showing layout of factory prior to closure and transfer to new factory [All building numbers on this plan refer to numbers in barckets in photographs D18039-18112]
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Aerial view of Brora and River Brora, East Sutherland, looking SE.
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Teazing Department (building 42): view of larger of two teazing machine, with dyed wool (foreground) ready to be loaded [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Teazing Department (building 42): view of larger of two teazing machine, with wool (foreground) ready to be loaded [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Stenter (building 6): detail of feed end of stenter machine [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Carding Flat (building 19): view of feed end of one of seven card sets [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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View from SSE of Offices (buildings 2, 3 and 3A) adjacent to main gates [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088] [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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View from WSW of S side of central block of works, including (left to right) former Canteen (building 11), Old Loom Flat (now a wool store, building 10), 'Warehouse' (building 4), Offices (buildings 2 and 3), and (far right) Gatehouse (building 1) [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Brora, Woollen Mill, NC90SW 9, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Yarn Store (building 31): detail of shelves and yarn samples [the numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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New Loom Flat: Detail of Drawing Machine, used to prepare combs for looms
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New Loom Flat: View of one of six Vamatex Looms, each fitted with darning tables to allow weavers to attend to minor imperfections in the cloth
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Wool Blending Department (in Wool Store, building 27A): detail of wool blending machine [the numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Dye House (building 8/9): view of tubs containing recently dyed yarn, emptied from dye-pod (in background to left). A piece-dyeing machine can also be seen (background right) [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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Shade Room (building 18C): detail of sample card set, and shades of dyed wool in foreground. (There was a larger sample card set to the rear of the room) [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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New Weaving Flat: detail of Sheila Sutherland at one of the six Vamatex loom's darning tables
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Carding Flat (building 19): view of Peter Campbell feeding one of seven sets of cards [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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View from S of S side of central block of works, showing red Brora brick construction, and gabled bays of former railway engineering works (now the 'Warehouse' building 4), with Cloth Finishing (upper floor of building 5) in background. [the building numbers in brackets refer to the itemised plan, D33088]
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