Draper corporation. [from old catalog], Draper, George Otis, 1867-1923 · [Milford, Mass., Printed by Milford journal co.] · leaf 30
Ira Draper, in1816. This invention, when perfected, doubled the capacity ofthe operative by allowing one weaver to tend two looms instead ofone, on plain goods. Before the self-acting temple, the weaverhad to intermittently move forward the clamps which keptthe cloth stretched at the selvage. The… … The central shop shows w^here temples were regularly man-ufactured in Hopedale after acquiring an interest in the recipro-cating temple of Elihu and Warren W. Dutcher. The smallbuilding at the right was the early foundry for the Hopedaleindustries. The pond in front is now covered by Draper…
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