Linotype Commemorative Mug

Linotype Commemorative Mug

The Linotype machine had revolutionised the way that newspapers printed, creating a ‘line-o-type’ by moulding hot metal. The Linotype Company opened its factory to produce the machines at the end of the nineteenth century, when the Broadheath industrial estate was beginning to take shape. To attract and keep skilled workers, the company built a housing estate for its employees, complete with a cricket ground, tennis courts, a playground and allotments.

The Linotype Company

Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/1109

1898

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