UK puts 19th century rubber calender on display

Bradford-on-Avon, UK – A restored 19^th century rubber calender has been put on display at Kingston Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, at the site of the factory where it operated for more than a century.

The calender was used for bonding rubber to a woven cloth reinforcement to make waterproof sheeting.

“When the old Kingston Mill was demolished by the Avon Co. in 1972 the machine was removed to the recently established Bristol Industrial Museum under [Sir] Neil Cossons,” said a report by the Bradford-on-Avon Museum.