Title
Card Room Machinery
Reference
YA1996.2931
Production date
1900 - 1930
Creator
- Asa Lees & Co. LimitedBiographyBiography
Founded by Samuel Lees the company was inherited by his second son Asa Lees. He turned from exporting fustian power looms to manufacturing textile spinning machinery. The company thrived for a number of years however, during the recession of the Thirties various textile machinery companies merged to form the Textile Machinery Makers Limited. They continued to trade under their own name until 1970 when they became of one company called Platt UK Ltd.
Scope and Content
Illustrated catalogue of card room machinery includes revolving flat carding engines, drawing frames and slubbing, intermediate and roving frames.
Physical description
Fair
Language
English
Archival history
Archive donated by Stockport Central Library, provenance unknown
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Asa Lees & Co. LimitedBiographyBiography
Founded by Samuel Lees the company was inherited by his second son Asa Lees. He turned from exporting fustian power looms to manufacturing textile spinning machinery. The company thrived for a number of years however, during the recession of the Thirties various textile machinery companies merged to form the Textile Machinery Makers Limited. They continued to trade under their own name until 1970 when they became of one company called Platt UK Ltd.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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