Whitin Spinning Frame

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Spinning Frame: Whitin ring spinning frame. 36 spindles. Manufactured c. 1955 by the Whitin Machine Works in Whitinsville, MA. The Whitin Company began operations as a cotton mill in 1809, but began manufacturing mill machinery in 1847. Belt driven, powered by an electric motor manufactured by General Electric (General Electric Control, #79296). Attached is a SpinSaVac vacuum ("suction end-catcher") that suctions about 90% of the loose fibers created in the spinning process, a safety feature protecting workers from "white lung disease." The SpinSaVac was manufactured by the Parks-Cramer Company of Fitchburg, MA and Charlotte, NC, patent numbers 3,726,072; 3,832,839; 3,841,076; and 4,000,603. Parks-Cramer was formed in 1919 by the merger of the G. M. Parks Co. of Fitchburg, MA and the Stuart Warren Cramer Co. of Charlotte, NC. It specialized in AC for textile mills. SpinSaVac was a spin-off corporation. The SpinSaVac suction end-catcher was patented and trademarked in 1955. The patent expired in 1997.
Spinning Frame

Whitin ring spinning frame. 36 spindles. Manufactured c. 1955 by the Whitin Machine Works in Whitinsville, MA. The Whitin Company began operations as a cotton mill in 1809, but began manufacturing mill machinery in 1847. Belt driven, powered by an electric motor manufactured by General Electric (General Electric Control, #79296). Attached is a SpinSaVac vacuum ("suction end-catcher") that suctions about 90% of the loose fibers created in the spinning process, a safety feature protecting workers from "white lung disease." The SpinSaVac was manufactured by the Parks-Cramer Company of Fitchburg, MA and Charlotte, NC, patent numbers 3,726,072; 3,832,839; 3,841,076; and 4,000,603. Parks-Cramer was formed in 1919 by the merger of the G. M. Parks Co. of Fitchburg, MA and the Stuart Warren Cramer Co. of Charlotte, NC. It specialized in AC for textile mills. SpinSaVac was a spin-off corporation. The SpinSaVac suction end-catcher was patented and trademarked in 1955. The patent expired in 1997.

Name/Title

Whitin Spinning Frame

Entry/Object ID

2023.14.1

Description

Whitin ring spinning frame. 36 spindles. Manufactured c. 1955 by the Whitin Machine Works in Whitinsville, MA. The Whitin Company began operations as a cotton mill in 1809, but began manufacturing mill machinery in 1847. Belt driven, powered by an electric motor manufactured by General Electric (General Electric Control, #79296). Attached is a SpinSaVac vacuum ("suction end-catcher") that suctions about 90% of the loose fibers created in the spinning process, a safety feature protecting workers from "white lung disease." The SpinSaVac was manufactured by the Parks-Cramer Company of Fitchburg, MA and Charlotte, NC, patent numbers 3,726,072; 3,832,839; 3,841,076; and 4,000,603. Parks-Cramer was formed in 1919 by the merger of the G. M. Parks Co. of Fitchburg, MA and the Stuart Warren Cramer Co. of Charlotte, NC. It specialized in AC for textile mills. SpinSaVac was a spin-off corporation. The SpinSaVac suction end-catcher was patented and trademarked in 1955. The patent expired in 1997.

Use

Spinning roving into thread

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Whitin Machine Works, Parks-Cramer Company

Date made

circa 1955

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Whitinsville, MA

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Frame, Spinning

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

Atwood, Jay and Dale Plummer retrieved it from North Carolina.

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

January 3, 2023

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

January 8, 2023