![]() ![]() His loom was very strong and able to operate at high speed as it was made of mass-producible and replaceable cast iron components. Following the Napoleonic Wars in 1816 he set up in Manchester as a ‘lathe and tool maker’ and became possibly the finest machine tool engineer of the period. Richard Roberts was a pattern maker and engineer from North Wales. The next major landmark in the evolution of the power loom was the Richard Roberts design of 1822. Diagram of the Richard Roberts power loom of 1822. Refinements in the weaving process came thick and fast in the nineteenth century with major improvements to the supply of warp threads, the take up of the cloth after weaving, the shedding and lathe motions, the strength of the frame, and the accuracy of the gear wheels. However, he was never able to increase the speed significantly or make multiple looms operable by a single weaver, which were to be the two key requirements for making the power loom viable. In 1784 he took out his first patent for a powered loom and by 1789 created a second, far superior, design and went into business manufacturing fabrics in Doncaster. He was a gentleman inventor educated at Wakefield Grammar School and Oxford, and in 1779 he became a clergyman in Leicestershire. 1789 Cartwright loom.Įdmund Cartwright was neither a weaver nor from Lancashire. This design by Kenworthy & Bullough was built on a long history of evolution of the power loom beginning with Edmund Cartwright in the late 18 th century. ![]() The iconic weaving shed at Queen Street Mill featuring over 300 Lancashire looms.Īll the looms in the weaving shed of Queen Street Mill were manufactured locally by Pemberton & Sons and Harling and Todd, to a basic design of 1848. ![]() The Lancashire Loom, as seen at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, was a development which marked the change from the cottage industry of the hand loom weaver to the factory era of the weaving shed. The Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Queen Street Mill Textile Museum are home to a variety of objects related to the textile industry. This post is part of a series of articles based on the collections of the Lancashire Textile Industry in the Lancashire County Council Museum Service. ![]()
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