Roving machinery in the Biddeford plant of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company roving machinery, c. 1950.
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Cotton came from the carding machines in a rope-like sliver that was automatically coiled into cans. It was then fed from the cans in the foreground through the drawing frames. After the drawing frames, the strands were sent through the roving machinery which inserted a slight amount of twist.
