Power Loom for Cotton Cloth

This loom was used between 1840 and 1900 at the SWA (Mechanized Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mill Augsburg). It was used to weave light-weight cotton fabrics for clothing, curtains, and similar products. All of the stages of production required for weaving — introduction of the warp threads, shed formation, insertion of the weft, formation of the countershed, beating-in, rolling up of the woven fabric -- take place automatically. The machine was powered by a water turbine. A vertical shaft, extending through all floors of the mill, transmitted the power from the turbine to the connecting shaft and the transmission belt to the individual looms.