HOWARD AND BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINE CO., LIMITED.

COTTON MACHINERY  MANUFACTURERS,  

PAWTUCKET,  RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Written from first-hand research by George W. Randall, co-founder in July 1996 and former Vice Chairman of Kinloch Castle Friends’ Association.

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THE NORTH AMERICAN CONNECTION

C. E. Riley & Co., Sole Importing Agents for Howard & Bullough cotton processing machinery, were located in Boston, Massachusetts.

   

Self-feeding opener and single beater breaker lapper.

                                                                                                   Single beater finisher lapper.

 HOWARD & BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINE FACTORY.

The Massachusetts / Rhode Island border divides Attleborough, 

where the factory was actually built, 

from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which is often referred to as the actual location. 

Attleborough is eight miles north-east of Pawtucket.

                                          Demolition commences 2014.       Attleborough Sun Chronicle

Boston Globe Media Partners.

The intention is to use the cleared site as a Water Park.

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THE PARENT COMPANY IN ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 

WAS FOUNDED IN 1853 WITH FOUR EMPLOYEES.

Carrying out all aspects of production, from moulding shops to finished product.

At it U.K. site Howard & Bullough Ltd.,  eventually employed 6,000, 

its qualified fitters travelling the world installing and maintaining its machines. 

The American plant employed over one thousand.

Below Certificate of Merit for William Henry Lowe:

The original Certificate is badly torn and water damaged.

 REVIEWED  25 JANUARY 2024

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive.

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