Thomas,


Check with the Lowell Textile Museum in Lowell, Mass....they have a lot of
info on looms....and they are on-line.





>I'm looking for information on powerlooms.  This comes after being asked to
>look at a garage full of powerlooms and related industrial weaving
>equipment which was purchased in the 1950s when the equipment in a local
>factory  was updated.  The looms were used principally to manufacture
>upholstery fabric.
>
>The cast iron looms are each about 10 feet wide, by 5 feet deep and 6 feet
>high.  I searched for foundry marks, brass plates, etc and came up with the
>following:
>        - a patent date of November 27, 1877 on each loom
>        - the name "The Stafford Company, Readville, Massachusetts" on the
>jacquard attachments
>        - the name "FA Lazenby & Co., Baltimore, MD", "Model T Jr" on a
>bobbin winder
>
>I'd appreciate leads on printed resources, trade catalogues and collections
>related to industrial weaving equipment, especially looms.   Please respond
>directly to [log in to unmask]
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Thomas A. Reitz
>Manager/Curator
>Doon Heritage Crossroads
>R.R. #2
>Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
>N2G 3W5
>
>Direct line  (519)748-1439 ext. 227
>Fax  (519)748-0009
>www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon





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Angela L. Fox
Curator, American Indian Collections
Spurlock Museum
University of Illinois
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