2-641-019 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Finishing Roving Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham', 1874. The Roving Frame winds spindles with thread. 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]