3-102-247 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Swinton Mills, near Manchester, 1909. 'From raw cotton to complete costume. Rylands and Sons' Swinton Mills, employing 600 hands, specialise in the manufacture of Bower's regattas, Oxford cloths, Galateas, Dacca flannelettes, fancy woven goods, etc., of which in all the weekly output is some 90,000 yards a week'. From "Illustrated London News", 1909.