Leeds Industrial Museum say their 119-year-old spinning machine is repaired after a fault.
An expert has cured a mystery malfunction which stopped a vintage textile machine working at Leeds Industrial Museum.
Museum staff were baffled until local textile machinery expert Derek Bird was asked to examine the cranky machine.Mr McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries curator of industrial history, added: "The mule is a truly unique and astonishingly complex piece of machinery, and its longevity is a testament to the quality of workmanship which went into its creation almost 120 years ago.
Mr Bird, who has volunteered with a number of museums across the region helping to preserve and restore their equipment, said: "The machine at Armley is very different in its mechanisms.
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