Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe

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iBase ID

238750

Reference identifier

EBU20130129002

Title

Beam Store, Queen St. Mill, Briercliffe

Place

Briercliffe

General notes

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.

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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