Heald & Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe

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iBase ID

238696

Reference identifier

EBU20130129001

Title

Heald & Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe

Place

Briercliffe

General notes

A view looking down into the Heald and Beam store at Queen Street Mill.

The heald is the part of the loom that is used to moved the warp threads up and down.

Beams 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.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

16.7 x 11

Year of image

1982

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Locator

M312 Briercliffe: Queen Street Mill

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