Jute and Flax Mills in Dundee
Details:
- Author(s) Watson, Mark
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1990
- Pages 247pp; illus
- Publisher Hutton Press
- Place Published Tayport
Topics:
- Name Buildings: industrial
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Draws on M Watson, 'Jute and Flax Mills in Dundee', Master's dissertation, Ironbridge Institute, 1985. Provides a detailed account of the buildings of the jute products production industry in Dundee along with much about the history of the industry. The chapters include: ' The mill'; 'The factory'; 'Finishing departments'; 'Ancilliary buildings'; 'Steam plant'; 'Camperdown Works [of Cox Brothers Ltd', pp139-58]; 'The Calcutta Jute Mills'. An appendix [pp191-234] provides a description of 125 mills