Alternate title: | Slater's carding engine, Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R.I. |
Summary: | Slater's carding machine at Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Caption reads: "Replica of Samuel Slater's original carding engine of 1790 in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. This machine straightened the cotton fibres before spinning by drawing them between the wire teeth on the surface of the drum and under the flat pieces on of the machine." |
Provider: | Moss Photo Service, Inc. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | New York |
Place of origin – Settlement: | New York |
Temporal subject: |
1921-1930
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1931-1940
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Rhode Island |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Pawtucket |
Topical subjects: | Milling machines |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Science, Technology |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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