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Cossar Web Flat-Bed

The Cossar article and pictures are spread over three pages:
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Many thanks to David Philips, who is trying to save this 100-year-old press from the scrap-heap, for sending in this material.




Cossar Flat-Bed Web Nespaper Press

The machine in action at the Strathearn Herald, Crieff, Scotland, UK, before it was retired from production in 1991 due to the introduction of offset.

Cossar Flat-Bed Web Nespaper Press

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