American Woolen Company · Boston, Mass., American woolen co · leaf 15
atic rakes, through a wash-ing machine, consisting of a set of three orfour vats or bowls, which contain a cleans-ing solution of warm, soapy water, untilall the grease and dirt have been removed. Each bowl has its set of rollers, whichsqueezes out the water from the woolbefore it passes into the… … FROM WOOL TO CLOTH The wool is now blown through pipesor carried on trucks to the carding room. From this point the wool follows oneof two different processes of manufac-ture—that of making into worsteds, orthat of making into woolens. Speaking in a general way, worstedfabrics are made of yarns in…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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