View from WNW showing chimney with part of 'Old End' on left, part of newer block in background and part of outbuildings on right

Description View from WNW showing chimney with part of 'Old End' on left, part of newer block in background and part of outbuildings on right

Date 1969

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 710247

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Johnstone Mill, High Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire The first mill on this site was built in 1782 by Corse, Burns & Co to spin cotton using Richard Arkwright's package of processes. This was eventually taken over by William Paton and Co for making braided boot and shoe laces, twine and 'smallwares'. They rebuilt the south end of the 1782 mill. This shows the complex from the north-west, with the surviving part of the 1782 mill to the left. The much greater width of the later mill is obvious. The size of the chimney suggests that it is a survivor of the period when the mill was partly steam powered. By 1970 the manufacturing capacity of the complex had been concentrated largely in the later part of the mills, and the remains of the 1782 mill, known as the 'Old End' was used for storage. It was the oldest surviving cotton-spinning mill in Scotland. The complex is still in use by Patons. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/30/27

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/710247

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