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Photographer: Kyle Dugger
Taken: August 22, 2019
Caption: Falls Mill Plantation Spinner
Additional Description: This is a hand cranked machine that gins, cards, and spins cotton. The gins saws are arranged to create six streams of cotton. The raw cotton was placed on the feed apron on top of the machine and slowly feed to the saws. The seeds dropped down once the cotton was pulled off by the teeth of the saws and could be removed through a door under the feed bin. The spindles are powered by a single continuous band that is driven by the large drum at the rear of the machine.
Submitted: January 3, 2020, by Kyle Dugger of Troy, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p506687
File Size: 10.014 Megabytes

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