Title: Shuttle: Biddeford Textile Company, 1995: “June 29, 1995, 2:57 pm Last W-3 loom ran at Biddeford Textile Company”.

Barcode: 4000507

Image Number: 4000507

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/4000507.0001

Date/Date Range: 1995

Notes: A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a hook. Weft are the threads that are horizontal that pass through the warp threads via the shuttle during the weaving process.

Historical Context: This physical item is on loan from the Biddeford Mills Museum and is NOT part of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education collections. With the permission of the owner and/or their respective institution is the digital image displayed only for educational purposes.

Subjects: FactoriesTextile MillsTools