Carding, drawing and roving cotton, c1830. Artist: Unknown

---

Carding, drawing and roving cotton, c1830. A carding engine (left) delivers cotton in a single sliver. The factory is operated by shafts and belting, which could be powered by water or steam.

---

Size: 3782px × 2772px
Location:
Photo credit: © Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, /, 19th, archive, black, britain, british, building, buildings, century, concept, cotton, engraving, event, female, indoors, industrial, industry, interior, job, lady, machine, machinery, manufacturing, mechanisation, mill, monochrome, nineteenth, occupation, oxford, people, profession, revolution, science, technology, textile, textiles, trade, unknown, white, woman, women, worker, workers