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Johnstone, Kilbarchan Road, Cartside Mills General view from NW

SC 423329

Description Johnstone, Kilbarchan Road, Cartside Mills General view from NW

Date 3/1974

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

Catalogue Number SC 423329

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Cartside Mills of Smith & McLaurin, Milliken Park, Renfrewshire, from the rear These buildings housed machinery for coating paper with various coloured and white materials to make it suitable for printing and other purposes. This view shows on the left the original Cartside Cotton Mill of c1790,with lower ancillary buildings, probably of early 19th century date. The chimney served the works power station. The Cartside Mills were built in about 1790 for cotton spinning, and was adapted for paper coating by Smith & McLaurin, who added to the original mill building. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H74/12/5

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/423329

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

> Item Level (SC 423329) Johnstone, Kilbarchan Road, Cartside Mills General view from NW

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