Chard Museum - lace making machine
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Chard Museum - lace making machine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 30 Jun 2023
Chard was a centre of lace industry and this is a machine for making plain lace netting. Although the industry has gone from the town centre the nearby Perry Street Works is operated by Swiss Tulle and still makes plain netting with what is claimed to be the world's largest collection of working lace machines.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.872689
Longitude
-2.969352