The Lancashire Loom was a semi-automatic power loom invented by James Bullough and William Kenworthy in 1842. Although it is self-acting, it has to be stopped to recharge empty shuttles. It was the mainstay of the Lancashire cotton industry for a century.

John Bullough

John Bullough (1800-1868) was from Accrington, often described as a simple-minded Westhoughton weaver. Originally a handloom weaver, unlike others

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