Leesona Skein Winder

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Skein Winder: Leesona industrial skein winder. Powered by an electric motor. Manufactured c. 1950. Used at the American Thread Company's Willimantic Mills, Willimantic, CT, which acquired it from the Standard Mill Supply Co., Pawtucket, RI. Although belt driven, it is powered by a Baldor electric motor. Its counting mechanism was manufactured by Veeder-Root of Hartford, CT and Switzerland. Its on-off switch was manufactured by Allen-Bradley. The Leeson family founded the Universal Winding Company in 1893. In 1959, it changed its name to the Leesona Corporation. It is headquartered in Burlington, NC. Baldor Electric was founded in 1920 in St. Louis, MO, moved to Fort Smith AR in 1967, and was bought by ABB Ltd. of Switzerland in 2011. The Allen-Bradley Company was founded in Milwaukee, WI in 1903 as Compression Rheostat Company, changing its name to Allen-Bradley in 1910. It was purchased by Rockwell International in 1985.
Skein Winder

Leesona industrial skein winder. Powered by an electric motor. Manufactured c. 1950. Used at the American Thread Company's Willimantic Mills, Willimantic, CT, which acquired it from the Standard Mill Supply Co., Pawtucket, RI. Although belt driven, it is powered by a Baldor electric motor. Its counting mechanism was manufactured by Veeder-Root of Hartford, CT and Switzerland. Its on-off switch was manufactured by Allen-Bradley. The Leeson family founded the Universal Winding Company in 1893. In 1959, it changed its name to the Leesona Corporation. It is headquartered in Burlington, NC. Baldor Electric was founded in 1920 in St. Louis, MO, moved to Fort Smith AR in 1967, and was bought by ABB Ltd. of Switzerland in 2011. The Allen-Bradley Company was founded in Milwaukee, WI in 1903 as Compression Rheostat Company, changing its name to Allen-Bradley in 1910. It was purchased by Rockwell International in 1985.

Name/Title

Leesona Skein Winder

Entry/Object ID

2023.14.3

Description

Leesona industrial skein winder. Powered by an electric motor. Manufactured c. 1960. Used at the American Thread Company's Willimantic Mills, Willimantic, CT, which acquired it from the Standard Mill Supply Co., Pawtucket, RI. Although belt driven, it is powered by a Baldor electric motor. Its counting mechanism was manufactured by Veeder-Root of Hartford, CT and Switzerland. Its on-off switch was manufactured by Allen-Bradley. The Leeson family founded the Universal Winding Company in 1893. In 1959, it changed its name to the Leesona Corporation. It is headquartered in Burlington, NC. Baldor Electric was founded in 1920 in St. Louis, MO, moved to Fort Smith AR in 1967, and was bought by ABB Ltd. of Switzerland in 2011. The Allen-Bradley Company was founded in Milwaukee, WI in 1903 as Compression Rheostat Company, changing its name to Allen-Bradley in 1910. It was purchased by Rockwell International in 1985.

Use

Winds yarn into skeins

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Leesona Corporation

Date made

circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Burlington, NC

Region

Southeast

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Winder, Yarn

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Location

Location

Room

Dugan Mill Factory Floor Exhibit

Building

Duagn Building

Category

Exhibit

Date

January 3, 2023

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Plummer, Dale donor. This machine was once owned by the American Thread Company. Plummer acquired it after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant in 1985, to use in a small textile manufactoring mill he operated in the old Ponemah Mills in the Taftville neighborhood of Norwich, CT.

Place

Factory

Ponemah Mill

City

Norwich, CT

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

January 3, 2023

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

January 8, 2023