2-640-948 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Drawing Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham', 1874. Textile machinery, the drawing frame is located in the spinning process. Platt Bros & Co manufactured textile machinery and by the end of the 19th century, the company had become the largest textile machinery manufacturer in the world. From Popular Encyclopedia or Conversations Lexicon, by A. Whitelaw. [Blackie & Son, Limited, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1874]