Weighing imported wool inside a blanket mill. The Witney Blanket industry was famous for its high quality goods, which was said to be due to the use of water from the River Windrush in the manufacturing process.

Date:
1898
Location:
Witney, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/01778
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Content

This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Curator: Davies, Angela

Keywords

Woollen Mill, Blanket Mill, Industrial Heritage, People