In the early 20th century cotton was king and Greenbank Mill in Preston shipped in over 100 bales of cotton a week...
century cotton was king and Greenbank Mill in Preston shipped in over 100 bales of cotton a week, from Liverpool. In this 1930s view John Hawkins and Sons of Greenbank Mill Preston sits like an island surrounded by terraced houses. All of this has now gone. Early in the 20century John Hawkins issued a set of picture cards telling the Story Of Cotton, with many views of the factory and the cotton production process.
One of the John Hawkins picture cards features a steam lorry. This was owned by the company and carried cotton from Liverpool back to Preston for processing. The Lancashire Steam Motor Company was a pioneer of steam lorries. Steam lorries had largely disappeared by the Second World War. The Preston factory performed all of the processes required to convert raw cotton into finished cloth. Today this is know as vertical integration, obviously not a new thing.
It must have been cheaper to move cotton on their own vehicles rather than use the railways or canal. The load looks rather precarious although this type of vehicle rarely went at more than 20mph. According to the cards they used 100 bales per week, so the lorry would have been busy.In another health and safety nightmare, here cotton bales are being unloaded at the Preston factory. They are being hoisted into the bale room.
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