123. No 2 Machine, May 1922.
Nearing completion, the deckle straps are in place, breast box under construction and the base for the 3 Fulner filters on the thin stock approach. This is much different to no 2’s condition when I knew it in the late ’70s – early ’80s. The breast box is low with less hydraulic head than it had later, so the machine speed would be relatively low (iirc it could do around 300mpm in the ’80s, i.e. around 9-10 tph at 125gsm). Six Fulner filters on the floor, 3 for each of nos 1 and 2. No 1’s eirw frame and table roll ends just visible lower RH corner.
