WARP KNITTING MACHINE.
Built in 1910 by the Hosiery Machine Building Company, this warp knitting machine was in operation in Nottingham in 1976. This type of knitting was almost always done by machine due to the complex patterns it produced.
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CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE.
This machine was made by Wildman Manufacturing Co, USA, approximately 1930 to 1933. Used by Vedonis Ltd, Hucknall UK between 1933 and 1979. This circular interlock stitch machine was fitted with an automatic brake mechanism in case of yarn breakage.
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LEAVERS LACE MACHINE.
Built by John Leavers, this particular machine was in use in Ilkeston uk until the 1960`s. Leavers began designing lace machines in 1813. This example is a later one that incorporated the jacguard card mechanism to produce patterned lace.
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EDGE RUNNER MILL.
It was used for the fine grinding of seasonings, peppers and mustard, at the Boots factory in Beeston uk for 35 years. The granite bed measures six feet in diameter.
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PEN RULING MACHINE.
Made by Waite and Sheard of Hanley, Yorkshire, UK. Used by S.W.Jackson, printer, Nottingham. Sheets of paper are fed onto the top blanket and kept in place by the thin cords. When the machine is running, the paper passes beneath the two rows of pens and is marked with lines. The pens are fed from ink-soaked flannels or strands of wool. The ruled sheets are dropped onto a lower set of cards and returned. They are carried onto the lay-boy device, which straightens and delivers them. The inked lines are dried by the blotting paper on the rollers.
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ALBION PRINTING PRESS.
Made by Hopkinson and Cope, Finsbury, London, England.
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CROPPER PLATEN PRESS 1900.
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POWDER PACKING MACHINE.
For commonly used preparations, automatic packing machines replaced hand wrapping. This machine was supplied to Boots works, on Island street, off London road, Nottingham in 1936, by Rose Brothers of Gainsborough.
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PRINTING PRESS.
A treadle operated platen press, used by Turners Press, Nottingham.
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DEY CLOCKING IN CLOCK.
Made by Howard Brothers, Liverpool, used by W. Benson Ltd., Nottingham until the 1960`s.
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WHIM OR HORSE GIN.
This horse driven gin was often used for winding water, coal and men out of mine shafts. The gin you see here was used to sink Langton Colliery, Pinxton, England in 1841. In 1844 it was transferred to Pinxton Green where it was used as late as 1950.
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GAS STREET LAMP.
This lamp was originally situated outside the Nottingham University buildings on Shakespeare street. It was damaged during an air raid on the city during the second world war.
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BARMEN LACE MACHINE.
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CAM WHEEL MECHANISM.
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The only thing that would be more fascinating would be to see this stuff working. Who doesn't like seeing machines go. Now admittedly I don't know what a lot of the knitting and so on machines do, but I still appreciate fine working machines. And, those certainly are. I also love the different printing presses. I do know what they do, hehe. It would be fun to see a horse or mule turning that gin. You have done yourself proud here, Les! And in historical both in fact and fiction Nottingham no less!!! Great stuff, my friend! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe Leavers/Leivers machine is now, as of 2918, running. While it doesn't actually produce any lace there is a lace panel of the type that would have been made on this machine. It also gives you an indication of the amount of noise the lace workers would have had to endure.
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