New fibre, new opportunities By the late 1700s, Perthshire had a well-established textile industry. Linen was made from locally grown flax, using water-powered machinery. Around this time, British …

Enjoy a hi-tech visitor experience at one of the Industrial Revolution’s best-preserved relics.

All known surviving iron-framed jute mills in Dundee are listed. Cast iron beams and columns in buildings first appeared in the 1790s in Scotland in multi-storey textile mills. Iron-framed (fireproof) …

Throughout the industrial revolution, the gender imbalance in the labour market for textile manufacturing continued. By 19th century Dundee, women outnumbered men three to one in the mills, leading to …

Nov 14, 2006 · At present (2006) the mill is home to a number of textile-related businesses. The importance of the wool manufacturing trade to Galashiels can not be overestimated, as this industry …

At 650', one of the longest textile mills in Britain. W Boyack's works were founded in about 1833, becoming the biggest flax works in Angus in 1836 but bankrupt in 1842. In 1849 "Hospital Ward Mill" …

High Sunderland was commissioned for the famous textile designer and artist Bernat Klein and his family in 1956. Its architect, Peter Womersley, was not only instructed to create a home, but also a …

Nov 14, 2006 · The importance of the textile manufacturing industry to Galashiels can not be overestimated, as this industry was the sole reason for its expansion and prosperity in the 19th …

The former Victoria Works was designed by Robertson and Orchar and built in 1876 as a textile mill. The central block of the former offices of this mill is two storeys, five bays (with two-bay side returns) in …

Apr 12, 2017 · The historic textile machinery at New Lanark still spins woollen yarn to this day In a fitting tribute to its origins as a cotton-spinning village, today New Lanark specialises in producing high …