Workers operating the heavy machinery in the power loom house at the old blanket factory in the town. The factory was opened in 1689 and Witney quickly became country's the leading textile centre.

Date:
1898
Location:
Early Blanket Mill, Witney, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
HT13127
Type:
Photograph (Inkjet Print)
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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

Keywords

Loom, Machine, Blanket Mill, People, Industrial Heritage