4700 ton Multi-Daylight Platen Press, views taken on site, O/No. 9741, c.1941

Order 9741 for F Hills & Sons Ltd., York, c.1941

D7338/14/10/3743
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3744
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3745
Gloucestershire Archives

This press was equipped with 18 heated platens, each 144″ long x 36″ wide.

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