Sunday, April 9, 2017

Textile Industry

The industries of  transportation (canals then railroads), mining, and steel helped the industrial revolution grow. But the textile industry started the revolution. I came across three items in one day that motivated this posting.

John Abbott posted
curtain lace machine
I assume the purpose of the curtain was to keep the factory's dirt off the product. Note the Jacquard Loom Cards controlling the machine.

This video was a comment on John's posting. After watching this video, You Tube offered several more on how a sock kitting machine works.



The "good old days" were not good.
John Abbott posted
This is such a Strong Photo of what things use to be like...

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