HOWARD AND BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINE COMPANY, LTD.,

COTTON MACHINERY  MANUFACTURERS,  

PAWTUCKET,  RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Written from first-hand, on-going research by George W. Randall.

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The County Border Line Blur:

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While historically associated with Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 

(the name used on most company literature), 

the massive 500,000-square-foot factory actually straddled 

the Massachusetts / Rhode Island state line.

The address of by far the greater part of the 25 acre site was 

100 Roddy Avenue, Attleborough, Massachusetts.

The address of the much smaller portion, specifically built alongside the New York, New Haven, Hartford Railroad tracks on the western perimeter, 

was 10, Cole Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.  

Rail track spurs off the mainline entered and exited the factory allowing finished machines to be crane-loaded directly onto flatcars and straight out of the building.

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The Massachusetts / Rhode Island border divides where the factory was actually built.  

Attleborough is eight miles north-east of Pawtucket.

The solution, build your manufacturing plant in America!

HOWARD AND BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINE CO., LIMITED.

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Magnus Magnusson, K.B.E., and George Randall 

met in July 1996 while Mr. Magnusson was compiling his book, Rum: Nature's Island,

celebrating 40 years since acquisition of the island from Lady Bullough 

and Trustees of her late husband's Estate, published in 1997.

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THE NORTH AMERICAN CONNECTION

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HOWARD & BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINE COMPANY.

THE PARENT COMPANY IN ACCRINGTON,  ENGLAND.

Advertisement for Howard & Bullough, Accrington, England from 1924.

Above from The Journal of the Textile Institute – February 1930.

James Bullough.

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From Textile World Record 1907.

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C. E. Riley & Co., Sole Importing Agents for Howard & Bullough 

cotton processing machinery, were located in Boston, Massachusetts.

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CHARLES EDWARD RILEY.

Note misspelling Machinery.

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SOME HOWARD & BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINERY COMPANY PRODUCTS:

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Charles Riley's Bellevue home built in 1875 still survives, 

George Bullough's Kinloch Castle completed in 1900 is all but gone!

ADVERT DEPICTING RING SPINNING FRAME - HEAD END

 HOWARD & BULLOUGH AMERICAN MACHINE FACTORY.

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FURTHER EXAMPLES OF COTTON MACHINERY

Self-feeding opener and single beater breaker lapper.

                                                                                                   Single beater finisher lapper.

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THE END OF AN ERA -

                                          Demolition commences 2014.       Attleborough Sun Chronicle

Boston Globe Media Partners.

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

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THE PARENT COMPANY IN ENGLAND.

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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 shop to finished product.

Howard & Bullough in Accrington eventually employed 6,000 workers, 

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

The American plant had over one thousand employees.

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 Certificate of Merit 

for seventeen year old, William Henry Lowe:

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The original Certificate is badly torn and water damaged.

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MEANWHILE IN ACCRINGTON:

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CAN YOU, WILL YOU HELP ?

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George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive.

REVIEWED WITH ADDED MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR 19 SEPTEMBER 2026.

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