Dasheng Cotton Mill's carding machine

The Dasheng Cotton Mill's carding machine at the Nantong Textile Museum. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

The Dasheng Cotton Mill's carding machine at the Nantong Textile Museum was made in the United Kingdom in 1895 and purchased by Zhang Jian (1853-1926), an industrial magnate and scholar, who established the Dasheng Cotton Mill that same year.