Drawing of a polishing barrel at Stott Park Bobbin Mill. The finished bobbins were placed in the rotating drum, with a lump of paraffin wax, and after twenty to thirty minutes would develop a varnish-like finish

Date:: 1983

Location:: Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Colton, Low Stott Park, South Lakeland, Cumbria

Reference:: IC175/013

Type:: Artwork

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Description

The illustration is reproduced in the 1983 Department of the Environment guidebook for Stott Park Bobbin Mill.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC175 Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

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People & Organisations

Illustrator: Rowlands, Will

Keywords

Victorian Bobbin Mill