Visit to Bradford Industrial Museum
Wed, Dec 6th 2023 at 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speaker Finder John Watson organised a visit to the Industrial Museum followed by lunch at the Stansfield Arms. See below for details. Visitors Host, Grace & Banners Peter Meredith, Cash Desk & Sergeant at Arms Ken Senior
Visit to Bradford Industrial Museum
Lunch at The Stansfield Arms
Wool spinning machine
Wool spinning machine
Bobbins
A display of bobbins
Noble Combing Machine
Noble Combing Machine
Wool Combing
Wool Combing
Fabric Testing
Tools for testing the fabric produces
Fibre Testing
Various tools for testing fibres made by WIRA
WIRA levelness tester
A description of how the machine works
A Conditioning Oven
A wool conditioning oven
Conditioning Oven
A description of what it does
Colour matching equipment
Various colour matching tools
Pattern Fabrics
A selection of fabrics made by the pattern weavers
Tailored Worsted Suits
Tailored Worsted Suits in production
Pattern weaving loom
The warp set up on a loom
A selection of yarns
A selection of yarns
A Clocking in Machine
A Clocking in Machine
Types of Water Wheel
A description of 3 types of water wheel
A Fire Sprinkler System
How the automatic fire sprinkler works
A working print room
A working print room
History of Bradford Printers
History of Bradford Printers
Wharfedale Printing Press
Developed in Otley by Dawson & Payne
An Old Printing Press
An Old Printing Press
Hudswell Clarke steam locomotive
Hudswell Clarke steam locomotive
A Panther Motorbike & Sidecar
Built by Phelon & Moore in Cleckheaton
Description of the Panther
A history of the production of this motorbike
A Scott Sociable 3 Wheeler
This car was developed out of the Scott Water Cooled Motorbike built in Shipley
JowettJason DL 10hp
One of only 105 ever built
JowettJason DL 10hp
History
The Jowett Bradford Utility Van
Built at the Jowett factory in Idle
Jowett Bradford Utility Van
A history of this particular vehicle
The Jowett Javelin De-luxe
This car has had only one owner from new
Jowett Javelin De-luxe
A history of this particular model
The Jowett Jupiter
This model won the Le Mans 3 years in succession
Jowett Jupiter
A history of this particular model
The Jowett Brothers
A short history of their early days
John arranged a visit to the Industrial Museum at 12 noon follwed by lunch at the Stansfield Arms in Apperley Bridge.
Less mobile members who did not wish to go to the museum met at the Stansfield.
John Barrow took photos of the exhibits as shown.
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