The Iron Duke was the first machine in the UK used to roll sheet rubber and cotton together and vulcanise them to make waterproof fabric.

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Under the old system, if an operator misjudged a roll, causing a sheet break, it could take 15 minutes to get going again.

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Taking a second sheet of paper and a roll of Scotch tape, he taped his scene together, but broken: a Cubist vision of Highway 49.

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