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From the collection of National Wool Museum

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Photograph - Product Photograph, Semi-Continental Card Set

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Historical information

These are sales photographs for William Tatham Ltd. of Rochdale. These photographs are taken in the fitting shop at William Tatham Ltd. where final assembly would have taken place.

A carding machine disentangles and cleans wool fibres and then aligns the individual fibres so that they are parallel with each other.The photographed machine was made by William Tatham Ltd, a textile engineering company based in Rochdale, UK. Established in 1866 Tatham developed innovative textile machinery and send their products to Australia and other countries around the world.

Physical description

Two black and white photos of an Semi-Continental Card Set in a landscape format. The first photo is of the whole machine, the second is a close up of the mid section of the machine.

Inscriptions & markings

8038.1 - Front - top margin: For description see over.
Front mid right edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker
Front bottom right corner - 1131

Rear - Semi-Continental Card Set arranged to receive latest pattern Automatic Feed fitted with Peralta, improved type Parallel Fiber Feed permitting of passageway between Scribbler and Carder. Four-tier Continuous Tape Condenser.

8038.2 - Front - top margin: For description see over.
Front mid right edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker
Front bottom right corner - 1132

Rear - Showing Peralta with hydraulic pressure to rollers and working with improved pattern Parallel Fibre Feed arranged with passage between the two main sections.