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Actions	Collection of Textile Machinery Texts Remove from selection Add to selection TitleCollection of Textile Machinery Texts ReferenceYA2005.135 CreatorCasablancas High Draft Co Ltd The Casablancas High Draft Company was a textile engineering firm based in Salford, known to have been in existence in the first half of the 20th century and into the 1950s. The business manufactured and installed machinery for the textiles industry such as spinning frames. The Managing Director in 1949 was a Mr. J. Noguera. Riley, Jim Jim Riley worked in the Lancashire textile industry in Accrington in the first half of the 20th century. He also worked in India. Date 1905 - 1953 Scope and ContentCollection of five published volumes about textile machinery put together by Jim Riley during his working life, including a volume of cotton spinning calculations he used in India, and a volume describing the drafting process in cotton spinning written by one of the directors of Casablancas High Drafting Co, 1920s-1950s. Extent5 items Physical descriptionThe collection is in a fair condition. LanguageEnglish Archival historyThe volumes were collected together by Jim Riley during his working life. They include a volume passed on to him by his father, who worked in the cotton mills in Accrington, and a volume of cotton spinning calculations used by Jim Riley himself in India, amongst other material. Levelfonds Repository nameScience and Industry Museum Conditions governing accessOpen access. Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Related object Collection of Howard & Bullough Limited Catalogues of Textile Machinery and an Erection and Maintenance Manual Trade literature relating to textile machinery, including cotton spinning calculations. Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Spinning Machinery with Machinery Calculations, Speeds and Productions Trade literature relating to textile machinery, including cotton spinning calculations. Textiles Trade Literature - Vincent Newton Collection Collection of textiles trade literature, including cotton spinning calculations. Publication - Revised Catalogue of Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Machinery Publication - Combined Catalogue and Machinery Calculations Publication - The Erection and Maintenance of Lap Drawing Frames

TitleCollection of Textile Machinery Texts

ReferenceYA2005.135

CreatorCasablancas High Draft Co Ltd
Riley, Jim

Date

1905 - 1953

Scope and ContentCollection of five published volumes about textile machinery put together by Jim Riley during his working life, including a volume of cotton spinning calculations he used in India, and a volume describing the drafting process in cotton spinning written by one of the directors of Casablancas High Drafting Co, 1920s-1950s.

Extent5 items

Physical descriptionThe collection is in a fair condition.

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyThe volumes were collected together by Jim Riley during his working life. They include a volume passed on to him by his father, who worked in the cotton mills in Accrington, and a volume of cotton spinning calculations used by Jim Riley himself in India, amongst other material.

Levelfonds

Repository nameScience and Industry Museum

Conditions governing accessOpen access.

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

Related object

Collection of Howard & Bullough Limited Catalogues of Textile Machinery and an Erection and Maintenance Manual
Trade literature relating to textile machinery, including cotton spinning calculations.

Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Spinning Machinery with Machinery Calculations, Speeds and Productions
Trade literature relating to textile machinery, including cotton spinning calculations.

Textiles Trade Literature - Vincent Newton Collection
Collection of textiles trade literature, including cotton spinning calculations.

Publication - Revised Catalogue of Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Machinery

Publication - Combined Catalogue and Machinery Calculations

Publication - The Erection and Maintenance of Lap Drawing Frames