ISBN: 9781859360965 - cotton mills in preston: the power behind the thread (5 risultati)

Card. Condizione: VG. 1st. Well illustrated account of the rise and decline of the cotton Mills of Preston, with much information on their mill engines. 200pp. VG clean copy in card covers.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. SUBTITLED : ` The Power Behind the Thread '. Prior to 1836, the hand loom industry was extensive. By 1841 steam powered looms were beginning to take hold of the industry. Read more about : Ribble flour mills, Cotton's Golden Autumn, superheated steam, hand-gearing, Manland Estate, Lutwidge Mill, Mary Margerison, and Fylde Road. You could think of these 200 pages - INDEX at back - as industrial archaeology. It is a very detailed examination with plant lay-out diagrams, maps, and b/w photographs - both current and archival. Cond : Paper wrapper is white wth blue lettering. Cover shot is of the interior of a boiler room. Volume in all senses bright and CRISP. No names. Clean. Collectible !! QUote (p. 132) : " Building construction was well under way by 1902 at what was termed the West End, that is where the mill block had been and where the boiler house with boilers and economisers would be spared demolition. Salmon Street was diverted in 1903 on account of ._._._. . " Size: 4to. B/W Diagrams and Photographs (illustratore). …

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Copiously illustrated in b&w with maps, photographs, drawings, plans and diagrams, plus occasional contemporary adverts and engravings. 245 x 170 mm. viii, 200 pp. A clean, attractive copy. Spine not creased. Book.

Condizione: Very Good. *First Edition* Very good condition 112 ill 5 Maps & aerial views. This book is a rich and detailed source of information for anyone intrested in cotton mills & steam power. Dispatched the same or next day by *signed delivery*.