Tool from Motherwell Silk Factory

Glasgow silk throwers Anderson & Robertson opened this silk weaving factory off Airbles Street in 1890. From 1912 it made silk insulation for electrical wiring and later branched out unsuccessfully into man-made fibres.

Museum reference:
1991-64
Place Made:
Pittsburg
Associated with:
Anderson and Robertson · Factory Road, Motherwell, Scotland
Dimensions:
height: 130mm
width: 25mm
Materials:
Metal
Inscriptions:
WOOD-MILNE SHOE SHINES FINEST PRODUCED (MADE IN USA)\; THE WOOD-MILNE RUBBER HEEL PADS

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