| Title | The Progress of Cotton No.3: Lap-Frame |
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| Creator | Barfoot, J R
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| Description | From Barfoot's series of coloured lithographs of 1840 depicting the cotton manufacturing process.
Original text written to accompany Lithograph No.3:
"After the COTTON has been opened out, and partly cleaned by the rough process of Willowing, it is brought to the Lap Frame, a large Machine, the front of which you may see in this picture. The Cotton is put in at the back, by a man whose duty it is to supply it with the proper quantity, spread out as neatly and as level as possible. The inside works are so contrived as to purify the Cotton still further; and any sand or heavy dirt falls below, whilst the light dust and short, loose particles of Cotton, called Flyings, are carried along the pipe to the outside of the building; this is done by a fan, which works in a box below the upper wheel. It is then passed between two iron rollers, which press it into a soft sheet of wadding. This wadding is conducted to the tin roller at the front, and fold after fold is added until the roller is full, when it is taken out, and an empty one put in its place. A solid roller below sustains the pressure of the receiving roller, which is made greater, when needful, by adding weights, such as you see hanging on the bar at the bottom. The handle at the corner of the Frame, near the weights, is intended to take off the pressure, when the rollers are changed. One man is watching the roller filling with Cotton, the other is carrying away the full ones to the cards. The Lantern that hangs up is to guard the light from the Flyings, and thus avoid the danger of setting fire to the mill. Many Factories have been burned, through the want of such caution, as Cotton very easily takes fire." |
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| Date Created | 1840 |
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| Manufacturer/Publisher | Darton Publisher |
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| Holding Organisation | Manchester Library and Information Service |
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| Accession Number | Barfoot |
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