Bradford Industrial Museum - reconstructed workshop
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bradford Industrial Museum - reconstructed workshop by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Bradford Industrial Museum - reconstructed workshop
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 11 Dec 2010
This is an example of a lineshaft driven workshop with a multiplicity of machine tools driven by belt from overhead shafts. Once commonplace, it is now rare to find genuine examples of this technology.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.811413
Longitude
-1.720833