Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe

Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe
Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe
Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe
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Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe
Briercliffe
The Heald and Beam store at Queen Street Mill.

The heald (hanging from the roof) is the part of the loom that is used to move the warp threads up and down. The threads pass through eyelets on the heald.

Beams (on the floor) are essentially large bobbins that have numerous threads wound on to them. There is an iron flange at each end, measuring five inches in diameter. The yarn is wound on to these beams from about 500 separate bobbins using a beam-warping machine. These machines and processes can still be found at Queen Street Mill today.
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Monochrome
16.7 x 11
1982
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M312 Briercliffe: Queen Street Mill
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