Friday July 9, 1875

July 9. Brother Sagar showed me through the Woolen Factory. They run 400 looms, 90 spinning frames with 140 spindles each = 12,600 spindles. Wool passes through sixteen processes before it is spun and wound on the bobbins and warping spools. It is estimated that Bradford has 300 such mills which would be 120,000 looms and 3,780,000 spindles, weaving mostly women's woolen and mixed goods.