Spinning Frame, Merrimack Mfg. Co.; Massachusetts

Description:

Possibly the 64 spindle throstle machine named in T10889.00A. The Merrimack Mfg Co. was an offshoot of the Boston Mfg. Co, which first operated textile mills in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Merrimack company operated in Lowell, Massachusetts. Among its many oeprations in Lowell was a machine shop. It is likely that this spinning frame was the product of that shop.

Maker: Merrimack Manufacturing Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T10889.000Catalog Number: T10889.000

Object Name: Spinning Machine

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-aa0e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_645507

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