Knitting machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INDUSTRIAL/LOOPER
- DATE
- 1920–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0769.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SOUTHERN TEXTILE MCHY. CO. INC.
- MODEL
- SOTCO STEADY DIAL
- LOCATION
- Paducah, Kentucky, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 36852.2 (.1)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 70.0 cm
- Width
- 49.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SOUTHERN TEXTILE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Kentucky
- City
- Paducah
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1920-1980'S
- Canada
-
TYPICAL OF EQUIPMENT USED IN CANADIAN FACTORIES - Function
-
USED TO MECHANICALLY KNIT THE TOE & HEEL OF WOOLEN WORK SOCKS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'THE/ SOTCO/ STEADY DIAL LOOPER/ PATENTED/ 1092885 1725825/ 1677673 1725819/ 1677932 1776478/ MFD BY/ SOUTHERN TEXTILE MCHY. Co./ INCORPORATED/ PADUCAH, KY., U.S.A.', ALSO MARKED 'POINT 7' & '36852.5/ MADE IN U.S.A'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED (?) GREEN, SILVER-TONE & GOLD-TONE PTS, BLACK KNOB/ .1 PT HAS GREEN FINISH, EXTRA PT OF SAME SHAPE HAS DARK RED FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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SOUTHERN TEXTILE MCHY. CO. INC., Knitting machine, circa 1920–1925, Artifact no. 1986.0769, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0769.001/
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