wool mills
Fiber processing facilities
Wool mills are factories where raw wool is processed into yarn or fabric.
The term covers the full range of operations—washing, carding, spinning, and weaving—that transform fleece into usable textile.
Many historic wool mills in Britain and New England have been converted to other uses or preserved as heritage sites: The old wool mill now houses apartments and a brewery.
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- loomsEmerges menacingly, or textile frames
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- water wheelStream-driven rotary power source
- fleeceWool still on sheep
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- textilescotton, silk, fabric, thread, yarn
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