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Carding, drawing and roving cotton, c1830. A carding engine delivers cotton in a single sliver. The factory is operated by shafts and belting, which...

Carding, drawing and roving cotton, c1830.

One of five drawings in pencil, pen and wash by Thomas Allom. This interior view of the mill shows women carding, drawing and roving the cotton....

Swainson Birley Cotton Mill near Preston, Lancashire, 1834.

One of five drawings in pencil, pen and wash by Thomas Allom. This interior view of the mill shows women carding, drawing and roving the cotton....

Swainson Birley Cotton Mill near Preston, Lancashire, 1834.

Painting on tile by John Eyre and Katherine Sturgeon of Doulton and Co. Sir Robert Peel , first baronet, was the son of Robert Peel and responsible...

Sir Robert Peel, English manufacturer, c 1790.

Carding, drawing and roving cotton. From a print published circa 1830. In this picture the carding engine delivers the cotton in a single sliver.

Carding, drawing and roving cotton.

An employee at Mallalieus' mill works on a warping machine, in Delph, near Oldham, northern England on January 17, 2024. Founded in 1863, Mallalieus...

BRITAIN-INDUSTRY-MANUFACTURE-TEXTILE-HERITAGE

'Carding, Drawing, and Roving', 19th century. Scene in a Victorian textiles factory with looms powered by steam.

'Carding, Drawing, and Roving', 19th century.Artist: J Carter

Fine carding, a machine for spinning cotton waste, produced by Platt Brothers, Oldham, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica...

Fine carding, a machine for spinning cotton waste

Carding machine with one comber, produced by Josephy's Erben, spinning machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica...

Carding machine with one comber

Illustration depicting a carding engine. Carding is the process that disentangles; cleans; and intermixes the woollen fibres. Dated 19th Century.

A carding engine.

Illustration depicting a carding engine. Carding is the process that disentangles; cleans; and intermixes the woollen fibres. Dated 19th Century.

A carding engine.

Detailed view of the Cotton Carding. Used to create a single - long strand of material, rather than clumps. Machine. Dated 1851.

Wool carding engine.

Textile workers at work in a cotton factory, where processes include carding, drawing and roving. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Cart after an...

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 1 the Macarthy Gin; Fig. 4. The...

The International Exhibition - Cotton Manufacture: Machinery Of Platt Brothers

An empoyee oversees a carding machine operating in Mallalieus' mill in Delph, near Oldham, northern England on January 17, 2024. Founded in 1863,...

BRITAIN-INDUSTRY-MANUFACTURE-TEXTILE-HERITAGE

Engraving of McBrides Machine; for ginning, carding and spinning cotton.

Cotton Manufacture

self-stripping flat carding machine - carding-machine stock illustrations

Self-Stripping Flat Carding Machine

Roving frame machine for drafting the sliver into roving by twisting fibers in cotton mill / Carding machine that disentangles, cleans and intermixes...

Roving frame machine for drafting the sliver into roving by twisting fibers in cotton mill.

Carding machine that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver in cotton mill / spinning-mill.

Carding machine that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver in cotton mill.

Water-powered carding machine , engraving by A Nini after a drawing by Angelo Zambonini, from Raccolta dei disegni rappresentanti le principali...

Water-powered carding machine (front elevation)

Water-powered carding machine , engraving by A Nini after a drawing by Angelo Zambonini, from Raccolta dei disegni rappresentanti le principali...

Water-powered carding machine (side elevations)

Young Sweeper near Carding Machines, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Indiana, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, October 1908.

Young Sweeper near Carding Machines, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Indiana, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, October 1908

Surender Gupta, owner of Shankar Woollen Mill , on April 19, 2018 in Panipat, India. Explaining the process of making these blankets, he said once...

Special Package On Panipat Blanket Industry

Ken Widner removes a spool of wool from a carding machine during the production of blankets at the Pendleton Mill, Wednesday, May 30 in Pendleton,...

Ken Widner removes a spool of wool from a carding machine du

Fine carding machine with rota-frotteur Saxon type, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1888.

Fine carding machine with rota-frotteur Saxon type

Coarse carding, machine for spinning cotton waste, produced by Platt Brothers, Oldham, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica...

Coarse carding, machine for spinning cotton waste

Carding machine for carding wool, produced by Samuel Brooks, Manchester, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica...

Carding machine for carding wool, Manchester

Carding machine for worsted wool, produced by Samuel Brooks, Manchester, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica...

Carding machine for worsted wool, Manchester

Cotton manufacture, c1845. An adult 'hand' with a boy assistant, forming cotton into 'laps' so that it could be put into the carding machine in a...

Cotton Manufacture

Engraving of a perspective view, looking East of Hibbert and Platt�s cotton machines and Hick and Son�s high-pressure steam engine and driving gear....

Machines displayed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851.

Photograph of Bodmer whose field was mechanical engineering. In 1824 Bodmer opened a factory at Bolton in Lancashire, to manufacture machinery that...

Johann Georg Bodmer, Swiss engineer and inventor, c 1850s.

Engraving of Richard Arkwright's carding machine, invented in 1775. Carding is the process used to comb and distentangle fibres in preparation for...

�Arkwright�s Complete Carding Engine�, 1873.

Women and children operating textile machinery. The machines were connected via belts to a steam engine which provided the power. The mechanisation...

Carding, drawing, and roving in a cotton mill, 1835.

Elevation and plan of machinery for processing cotton. Illustration from �History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain: with a notice of its...

Carding engine and drawing frame, 1835.

Carding is the combing and disentanglement of fibres prior to subsequent spinning processes. The fibres are passed between a series of rollers...

Kay�s wire carding machine, late 19th century.

Vignette from a lithographic plate showing two young men carding wool using a drum carding machine. Carding is the combing and disentanglement of...

Carding, c 1845.

This machine, reputedly from Sir Richard Arkwright's Crompton Mill, was made in 1775 but is based on the cylindrical carding machine patented by...

Arkwrights carding machine, 1775.

Before spinning, fibres are put through two processes - carding and drawing. Drawing both strengthens and evens the fibres and adds some twist. The...

Arkwrights original drawing frame (lantern frame), c 1775.

The purpose of the carding engine was to loosen, disentangle and straighten the cotton fibres prior to spinning. This machine, which came from...

Carding engine, 1800-1830.

Engraving by H Robinson, after a portrait painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence . Sir Robert Peel was the father of Sir Robert Peel and was responsible for...

Sir Robert Peel, English manufacturer, early 19th century.

Engraving by Bellin after a photograph. Bodmer�s field was mechanical engineering. In 1824 Bodmer opened a factory at Bolton in Lancashire, to...

Johann Georg Bodmer, Swiss engineer and inventor, c 1850s.

Machines for carding fiber in Rivetti woollen mills, Biella, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 13, April 1, 1917.

Machines for carding fiber, Rivetti woolen mills

Machines for carding fiber in Rivetti woollen mills, Biella, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 13, April 1, 1917.

Machines for carding fiber, Rivetti woolen mills

Machines for carding fiber in Rivetti woollen mills, Biella, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 13, April 1, 1917.

Machines for carding fiber in Rivetti woolen mills, Biella, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 13, April 1, 1917

Machines for carding fiber in Rivetti woollen mills, Biella, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 13, April 1, 1917.

Machines for carding fiber in Rivetti woolen mills, Biella, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 13, April 1, 1917

woolen mill, faroe islands - carding-machine stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Woolen mill, Faroe Islands

Principle of the carding engine: revolving drum covered with wire teeth, the top covered with concave frame with similar teeth. Cotton lap is fed...

Principle of the carding engine.

Finishing - card. The second machine through which cotton was passed for fine spinning. After passing through the breaker - card with coarser teeth....

Carding machine.

Sectional view of a carding engine: this machine brushed and separated the cotton fibres. Dated 1866.

Sectional view of a carding engine.

Carding Machine. This combined the cotton fibres so that they all lay in the same direction and formed them into laps. Dated 1843.

Carding Machine.

Wool carding engine by Davis & Furber, North Andover, Mass, USA. New York 1880.

Wool carding engine by Davis & Furber.

Cotton carding machine, from James Wylde. London, dated 1865.

Cotton carding machine.

View of drum covered spirally with wire 'cards' known as the 'doffer'. Dated 1866.

Carding Cotton.

Cotton carding engine: this machine brushed and separated the cotton fibres. London, dated 1866.

Cotton carding engine.

Carding engine incorporating an early improvement which brought off carded cotton in a continuous sliver. This is a breaker-card, the first of two...

Carding engine.

Three males are shown operating the Cotton Carding machine. Used to create a single - long strand of material, rather than clumps. Machine. Dated...

Cotton Carding machine.

Female is shown observing the Cotton Carding machine. Used to create a single - long strand of material, rather than clumps. Dated 1851.

Cotton Carding machine.

Estelle Poiriere, a young mill worker from Fall River, Massachusetts, shows her injured hand. She was hurt while working, when her hand was caught in...

Young Mill Worker With Injury

Self Stripping Carding Engine, by Dobson and Barlow Bolton', 1874. A cotton spinning machine invented during the Industrial Revolution, the carding...

Self Stripping Carding Engine, By Dobson And Barlow Bolton, 1874

Carding machine of flock on the quays of the Seine. Paris, on 1907. BOY-1340.

Carding machine of flock on the quays of the Seine