Cotton, William, Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
William Cotton, c1819-87, was an inventor of knitting machinery from 1851 and played a very significant role in the mechanisation of the knitting industry. Opened large factories at Loughborough for knitting/hosiery machinery manufacture. Business continued to late 20th century
Publications:
- Cottons of Loughborough. Looking back in time by Powdrill, Dennis
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
William Cotton, c1819-87, was an inventor of knitting machinery from 1851 and played a very significant role in the mechanisation of the knitting industry. Opened large factories at Loughborough for knitting/hosiery machinery manufacture. Business continued to late 20th centuryPublications:
- Cottons of Loughborough. Looking back in time by Powdrill, Dennis